CAT 2008 — VARC Question 7
In each of the following questions there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
- Charges and countercharges mean nothing
- to the few million who have lost their home.
- The nightmare is far from over, for the government
- is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned.
- The death count have just begun.
Answer & solution
- A
A only
- B
C only
A and C
- D
A, C and D
- E
D only
Statements A and C are correct.
Statement B is incorrect. The ‘few’ refers to a countable number, so the word following it should be in plural, that is ‘few millions’. Moreover, a few millions would have lost their ‘homes’- not ‘home’.
Statement D needs to take the article ‘the’ before ‘hundreds’. Therefore, it is incorrect.
Statement E is incorrect. There is a subject-verb agreement error here. In place of “The death count have just begun”, it should be, ‘The death count has just begun.’ ‘Death count’, a singular subject, should take a singular verb (has).
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.