Grammar and Usage - Sentence Correction

CAT 2008 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · Grammar

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Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage:

A. I did not know what to make of you. B. Because you'd lived in India, I associate you more with my parents than with me. C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta, who seem so innocent and obedient when I visited them. D. You were not curious about me in the least. E. Although you did make effort to meet me.

  1. A.

    A only

  2. B.

    A and B

  3. C.

    A and E

  4. D.

    D only

  5. E.

    A and D

Answer

A

Explanation

A is correct. B has tense inconsistency ('associate' vs 'lived'). C has tense error ('seem' vs 'visited'). E is missing article ('make an effort').

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