Choose the option that changes the given sentence into the comparative degree without changing its meaning:
Sharma Dhaba is the most popular eating place on this highway.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Sharma Dhaba is more popular than any other eating place on this highway.
Superlative degree to comparative degree:
- The superlative “the most popular” compares one thing with all the others in its group.
- In the comparative degree, it becomes more popular than any other eating place. The word “other” keeps Sharma Dhaba out of the group it is compared with.
- The meaning stays the same: no eating place on the highway is as popular as this one.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Sharma Dhaba is more popular than any eating place on this highway. — Incorrect. The option leaves out “other”. “Any eating place” also includes Sharma Dhaba itself, and a place cannot be more popular than itself.
Option 3: No other eating place on this highway is as popular as Sharma Dhaba. — Incorrect. The meaning is kept, but “as popular as” is the positive degree. The question asks for the comparative degree.
Option 4: Sharma Dhaba is most popular than any other eating place on this highway. — Incorrect. The option says “most popular than”. “Most” is the superlative form. Before “than”, the comparative “more popular” is needed.