Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Spot Error

Question:

Identify the grammatically correct sentences:

(A) Desire is never satisfied by objects of desirous enjoyment.
(B) Desires grows more and more as do the fire to what fuel is added.
(C) All men possessing wisdom and virtue are of the same school of thought.
(D) Alexander looked upon the whole inhabited world as his fatherland.
(E) Sir William Jones, Supreme Court Judge at Calcutta in 1784, started a revolution in the study of oriental civilizations.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B) and (C) Only

(A), (B), (D) and (E) Only

(C), (D) and (E) Only

(B), (D) and (E) Only

Correct Answer:

(C), (D) and (E) Only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (D) and (E) Only

  1. (A) "Desire is never satisfied by objects of desirous enjoyment."  (Incorrect)

    • Error: "desirous enjoyment" is incorrect usage; "desirable enjoyment" would be more appropriate.
    • Correction: "Desire is never satisfied by objects of desirable enjoyment."
  2. (B) "Desires grows more and more as do the fire to what fuel is added."  (Incorrect)

    • Errors:
      • "Desires grows" → "Desires grow" (Singular verb "grows" does not match plural subject "Desires").
      • "as do the fire" → "as does fire" (Singular subject "fire" requires "does," not "do").
    • Correction: "Desires grow more and more as does fire when fuel is added."
  3. (C) "All men possessing wisdom and virtue are of the same school of thought."  (Correct)

    • Grammatically and logically correct.
  4. (D) "Alexander looked upon the whole inhabited world as his fatherland."  (Correct)

    • No grammatical errors.
  5. (E) "Sir William Jones, Supreme Court Judge at Calcutta in 1784, started a revolution in the study of oriental civilizations."  (Correct)

    • Properly structured and grammatically sound.