CAT 1997VARC Question 17

Single BlankEasy

Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.

The present constitution will see ___ amendments but its basic structure will survive.

Answer & solution

  • A

    much more

  • many more

  • C

    too many more

  • D

    quite a few more

Solution

'Amendments' is a countable noun and so 'many' should be used as a quantifier for it. (c) and (d) tamper with the pronouncement in the sentence by using weak quantifiers.

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