Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.

(i) The students who were caught (A) dozing (B) dosing in the class were punished by the teacher. (ii) Rocky and Jack are two friends but the former is (A) older (B) elder than the latter by one year. (iii) The (A) latest (B) last news is that the head of the students’ council has resigned. (iv) In olden times the ‘rishi’s’ used to wear only a loin (A) cloth (B) clothes while going in for meditation.

  1. BBBB

  2. BABA

  3. AAAA

  4. ABAB

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 The correct solution is option 3. In sentence (i) the correct answer is A. The verb dozing refers to a short nap. Dosing refers to the amount of medicine that has been measured. 

In sentence (ii) the correct option is A. Older refers to senior and elder refers to someone born before another in a family. 

In sentence (iii) the correct option is A. the adjective latest indicates the most up to date. Last indicates something final. 

In sentence (iv) the correct option is A. cloth indicates a single piece of fabric. Clothes refer to the garments that cover the body.