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- Studies of depression and violent behaviour have / also confirmed that certain mutations may / predispose some individuals to behave in / a particular manner depending on the environment.
1) Studies of depression and violent behaviour have
2) also confirmed that certain mutations may
3) predispose some individuals to behave in
4) a particular manner depending on the environment.
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation: No error
Giving sentence is correct. - While the Human Genome Project have been a success in / terms of our ability to quickly map out the entire / genome, there is still much work to be done in terms of / grasping how the deceptively simple genome works.
1) While the Human Genome Project have been a success in
2) terms of our ability to quickly map out the entire
3) genome, there is still much work to be done in terms of
4) grasping how the deceptively simple genome works.
5) No errorAnswer – 1)
Explanation: It should be ‘have’ instead of ‘has’.
the Human Genome Project is singular so helping verb will be singular. - The behaviourist movement, which supported the view that all / human behaviour could be taught and that / the human being is born a ‘blank slate’, had been / the predominant view unless the point then.
1) The behaviourist movement, which supported the view that all
2) human behaviour could be taught and that
3) the human being is born a ‘blank slate’, had been
4) the predominant view unless the point then.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation: Replace ‘unless’ with ‘until’.
unless – except if (used to introduce the case in which a statement being made is not true or valid).
until – up to (the point in time or the event mentioned). - The Nazi regime felt this was a perfect tool / to signal the superiority of their race / and went about eliminating every person / whom was deemed physically or mentally unfit.
1) The Nazi regime felt this was a perfect tool
2) to signal the superiority of their race
3) and went about eliminating every person
4) whom was deemed physically or mentally unfit.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation: Replace ‘whom’ with ‘who’
Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence. - Many characteristics such as height, intelligence, / behaviour (and other personality traits), and some / mental illnesses seem to follow a / very complex pattern of inheritance.
1) Many characteristics such as height, intelligence,
2) behaviour (and other personality traits), and some
3) mental illnesses seem to follow a
4) very complex pattern of inheritance.
5) No errorAnswer – 2)
Explanation: Replace ‘some’ with ‘many’
Use some in a positive context when you don’t want to specify the number or quantity. Use many with countable nouns, when you want to refer to a large but indefinite number. - More so in the context of behavioral genetics, scientists / have begun to appreciate how the simplest / foundation has led to the extraordinary / complexity and interconnectedness of the genome.
1) More so in the context of behavioral genetics, scientists
2) have begun to appreciate how the simplest
3) foundation has led to the extraordinary
4) complexity and interconnectedness of the genome.
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation: No error
Giving sentence is correct. - The most intelligent of us have tried to understand how we inherit / specific traits physical characteristics / such as height & weight, looks and complexion, intelligence, / and most important one of them all: personality & behavior.
1) The most intelligent of us have tried to understand how we inherit
2) specific traits physical characteristics
3) such as height & weight, looks and complexion, intelligence,
4) and most important one of them all: personality & behavior.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation: It should be the most important , hence add ‘the’ before most important. - Our corporate sponsors need to broaden their / horizon and develop a fresh perspective towards / sports like swimming and adventure sports / and how to use them for its branding campaigns.
1) Our corporate sponsors need to broaden their
2) horizon and develop a fresh perspective towards
3) sports like swimming and adventure sports
4) and how to use them for its branding campaigns.
5) No errorAnswer – 4)
Explanation: Replace ‘its’ with ‘their’
Both its and their are pronouns. While its is a singular pronoun, their is a plural pronoun. - Long story short, there is a sheer disparity / in the number of sports Indians / play, the amount of success in it, / and its development in our country.
1) Long story short, there is a sheer disparity
2) in the number of sports Indians
3) play, the amount of success in it,
4) and its development in our country.
5) No errorAnswer – 5)
Explanation: No error
Giving sentence is correct. - There may be virtually no difference in behaviour / among a normal person and / one who is predisposed to depression / when the environment is congenial.
1) There may be virtually no difference in behaviour
2) among a normal person and
3) one who is predisposed to depression
4) when the environment is congenial.
5) No errorAnswer – 2)
Explanation: It should be ‘between’ instead of ‘among’.
There is such a rule, but the rule depends on context: It is not strictly correct that between is used for two things and among for more than two. When exactly two entities are specified, between should always be used: “This contract is entered into between the Seller and the Purchaser.”
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