Find The Grammatically Correct Sentence

In each question a sentence is written in four different ways. Choose the option which is grammatically correct and which expresses the idea most effectively. Pay attention to grammar, word choice and sentence construction.

Question 1

A. The financial system was invented by the governments in various European countries with the objective of mitigating public unrest caused by excessive expenditure on war.

B. Public unrest caused by excessive expenditure on war was mitigated by the governments in various European countries by the invention of the financial system.

C. To mitigate public unrest caused by excessive expenditure on war, the financial system was invented by the governments in various European countries.

D. The financial system invented by the various European governments to mitigate the public unrest caused by excessive expenditure on war.

Solution : A

Explanation

Of the four options, Option A is the most grammatically correct sentence. Option B is technically correct, but uses an unusual sentence structure. There are some problems with Option C. It should have read: To mitigate public unrest caused by excessive expenditure on war, the governments in various European countries invented the financial system. Option D is not grammatically correct. It should have read: The financial system was invented by the various European governments to mitigate the public unrest caused by excessive expenditure on war.

Question 2

A. The merchants in Amsterdam were also government officials and they ensured that in the case of a joint-venture all transactions between people and government were mutually beneficial.

B. The merchants in Amsterdam were also government officials and they ensured that all transactions between people and government were mutually beneficial, as in the case of a joint-venture.

C. As in the case of a joint-venture, merchants in Amsterdam, themselves government officials, ensured that all transactions between people and government were mutually beneficial.

D. Merchants in Amsterdam, who were themselves government officials, ensured that in a joint venture transactions between all the people and government were mutually beneficial.

Solution: B

Question 3

A.We must again learn to understand the importance of growing things and recognize, as they did in ancient India, that we can take from nature and environment only so much as we put back into them.

B.As they did in ancient India, we must again learn to understand the importance of growing things and recognize that we can take from the nature and environment only so much as we put into them.

C. We must again learn, as they did in ancient India, to understand the importance to grow things and to recognize that we can take from the nature and environment only so much as we put back into them.

D. We must again learn to understand the importance of growing things and recognize, as they did in ancient India, that we can be taking from the nature and environment only so much as we puts back into them.

Solution: A