2017 · Q85
Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.
Mahatma Gandhi is called as the Father of the Nation.
EnglishSentence Improvement
- Acalled Father of the Nation
- Bcalled the Father of the Nation
- CFather of the Nation
- DNo improvement
Explanation
The verb 'called' never takes the preposition 'as': the correct pattern is 'called the Father of the Nation'. 'Called as' is a common Indian-English error. Dropping 'as' yields the idiomatic form. Hence option (b) is correct.