2024 · Q100
In the following items, a pair of sentences are given in which the keywords have been underlined. Identify the sentence /s in which the underlined words have been used correctly in the context and mark your choice using the code that follows:
- 1You have been frivolous, whereas I have been serious.
- 2The difficulties seemed insurmountable; nevertheless, the courage to carry on was undaunted.
EnglishReading Comprehension
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Both sentences are grammatically sound: frivolous contrasts with serious in the first, and nevertheless and undaunted are both correctly used in the second. Neither sentence misuses its underlined words. Therefore both are correct, option C.