Choose the sentences in which the foreign word/phrase is used correctly:
(A) We stopped for parathas at Murthal en route to Chandigarh.
(B) The new mall is de trop with teenagers, who crowd it every weekend.
(C) The doctors tested the new medicine in vitro by giving it to patients in the ward.
(D) The panchayat acts as a quasi-judicial body that settles small village disputes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (D) only
(A) We stopped for parathas at Murthal en route to Chandigarh. — Correct. “En route” means on the way to a place.
(B) The new mall is de trop with teenagers, who crowd it every weekend. — Incorrect. “De trop” means not wanted or not welcome, as one person too many. A mall that teenagers crowd every weekend is very much wanted.
Correct form: When my parents sat down to a quiet anniversary dinner, I felt rather de trop.
(C) The doctors tested the new medicine in vitro by giving it to patients in the ward. — Incorrect. “In vitro” means done in a test tube or a dish in a laboratory, outside a living body. A test on patients is not in vitro.
Correct form: The scientists first tested the new medicine in vitro, on cells in a laboratory dish.
(D) The panchayat acts as a quasi-judicial body that settles small village disputes. — Correct. “Quasi” means partly or almost. A quasi-judicial body does some of the work of a court.