Clat 2019 English Solution 1

CLAT 2019 English including comprehension Question Paper with Solutions & Explanations

Clat 2019 Following Questions were based on Spotting Errors

Directions: From each set of sentences given below in question 1 to 10, choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

1.         (A)    A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear a long pending cases.

(B)           A few judges have cut short vacation to clear the long pending cases.

(C)           A few judges has cut short its vacation to clear the long pending cases.

(D)          A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear the long pending cases.

Solution & Explanation- option (D) is the grammatically correct sentence with the use of appropriate verb and pronouns because of “In order for a sentence to be grammatically correct, the subject and verb must both be singular or plural. In other words, the subject and verb must agree with one another in their tense.

The subject is the part of a sentence or clause that commonly indicates (a) what it is about, or (b) who or what performs the action (that is, the agent).

A verb is a kind of word (part of speech) that tells about an action or a state. It is the main part of a sentence: every sentence has a verb.

In option (A), use of indefinite article ‘a’ before ‘long pending cases (plural noun)’, makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.

Indefinite article- the word a or an used in English to refer to a person or thing that is not identified or specified. In "I gave a book to the boy" the word "a" is an indefinite article and the word "the" is a definite article.

In option (B), pronoun ‘their’ is missing before ‘vacation’ because of the noun ‘vacation’ needs its possessive adjective ‘their’, makes the sentence grammatically incorrect. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who. 

Pronouns can do all of the things that nouns can do. They can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, object of the preposition, and more.

A noun is a kind of word that is usually the name of something such as a person, place, thing, quality, or idea. In English, nouns can be singular or plural. Nouns often need a word called an article or determiner (like the or that).

In option (C), use of ‘has’ with plural subject Judges’ and use of pronoun ‘its’ makes the sentence grammatically incorrect because of “A few judges” is a plural subject and does not agree  with ‘has’ which is a singular verb. Also, the use of the pronoun ‘its’ is also grammatically incorrect for the plural subject.

2.        (A)    Where‘s Hari? Here is he, right in front of us!

(B)           Where‘s Hari? Here he is, right in front of us!

(C)           Wheres‘ Hari? He is here, right in front of us!

(D)          Where‘s Hari? Is he here, right in front of us!

Solution & Explanation- Sentence given in option (B) is the grammatically correct sentence.

Sentence given in option (A) is incorrect as the position of “he” is generally reserved for new entities and use of ‘is’ after ‘here’ also makes the sentence incorrect.   

Sentence given in option (C) apostrophe used with ‘where’ makes the sentence incorrect. The contraction of ‘where is’ is where’s, not wheres’ is also grammatically incorrect.

An apostrophe is a punctuation mark used in contractions to replace missing letters.

Since the word contract means to squeeze together, it seems only logical that a contraction is two words made shorter by placing an apostrophe where letters have been omitted.

Sentence given in option (D) use of ‘is’ before subject ‘he’ makes it incorrect as sentence is an exclamatory sentence, not an interrogative sentence.

An exclamatory sentence conveys a strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark (!). An exclamatory sentence, or exclamation, is a more forceful version of a declarative sentence. In other words, an exclamatory sentence makes a statement (just like a declarative sentence), but it also conveys excitement or emotion.

An interrogative sentence is a type of sentence that asks a question, as opposed to sentences that make a statement, deliver a command, or express an exclamation. Interrogative sentences are typically marked by inversion of the subject and predicate; that is, the first verb in a verb phrase appears before the subject.

3.        (A)    Customs officer‘s do not allow passenger to carry banned items into or out of the country.

(B)           Customs officers does not allow passengers to carry banned items into or out of country.

(C)           Customs officers do not allows passengers to carry banned items into or out of country.

(D)          Customs officers do not allow passengers to carry banned items into or out of the country.

Solution & Explanation- Sentence given in option (D) Customs officers do not allow Passengers to carry banned items into or out of the country is the grammatically correct sentence.

Sentence given in option (A) Customs officer‘s do not allow passenger to carry banned items into or out of the country shows possession occurs when one noun possesses another and the use of “officer’s”  makes no sense in the context of the sentence is the grammatically incorrect sentence.

Sentence given in option (B) Customs officers does not allow passengers to carry banned items into or out of country is also grammatically incorrect as use of ‘does’ with plural subject is wrong.

Sentence given in option (C) Customs officers do not allows passengers to carry banned items into or out of country is the grammatically incorrect sentence as “Do” is a plural helping verb which needs  a plural main verb’.

4.       (A)    Neither this nor that machine is working.

(B)           Neither this nor that machine are working.

(C)           Neither this and that machine is working.

(D)          Neither this but that machine is working.

Solution & Explanation- Sentence given in option (A) Neither this nor that machine is working is the grammatically correct sentence with the use of appropriate verb and conjunction. A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Conjunctions are considered to be invariable grammar particle, and they may or may not stand between items they conjoin.

Sentence given in option (B) is the grammatically incorrect sentence as use of verb is not proper i.e. If the subject consists of two singular nouns or pronouns connected by neither..nor, then a singular verb is  required.

Sentence given in option (C) is the grammatically incorrect sentence as use of conjunction ‘and’ is wrong and if Neither used as a conjunction, should be followed by nor.

Sentence given in option (D) is the grammatically incorrect sentence as use of ‘but’ is wrong and if Neither used as a conjunction, should be followed by nor.

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