CMAT Grammar and Sentence Correction Questions

Option C is the correct answer.

This uses proper indirect speech structure with correct tense agreement and verb usage. "Told" is followed by a person and a reported clause, and the past tense "was" matches the reporting verb.

The other options either misuse "said to," mix tenses incorrectly, or lack proper structure and punctuation. "Said to" requires a direct quote or needs to be rewritten with a reporting clause using "that".

Option C is the correct answer.

In English, the preposition "to" is used with "known" when indicating that someone is recognized or familiar to a person or group. The correct construction is "is known to us," meaning Mr. Jackson is familiar or recognized by us.

Option A: 'By' is used with "known" in passive constructions to indicate the agent (e.g., "He is known by his friends for his kindness"). However, here, "us" is not the agent performing the knowing but the group to whom Mr. Jackson is familiar, so "by" is incorrect.

Option B: 'With' cannot beused with "known" in this context. "With" might indicate association or accompaniment (e.g., "He is popular with students"), but it doesn’t fit the structure of "is known" for familiarity.

Option D: 'On' cannot be used with "known" in this context. "On" is typically used for topics or reliance (e.g., "known on the topic"), not for indicating familiarity to a group.

Option A is the correct answer. It follows the proper grammatical structure.

Option B: In this option, "told" should not be followed by "to" — it should be: Lakshman told Sita not to cross the Lakshman Line.
Option C: Here, "said" cannot be followed directly by a person — it needs "to" (Lakshman said to Sita, "...")
Option D: Again, "told" should not have "to" before the person.

Option C is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because the phrase "in once" is not grammatically correct. The correct expression would be "at once" to mean immediately.

Option B is wrong due to the incorrect use of the article "a" before the word "anxious," which starts with a vowel sound—so it should be "an anxious hour."

Option D is a distorted version of the common idiom; the standard form is "A drowning man catches at a straw", not just "catches straw," which makes the sentence incomplete and incorrect.

Option D is the correct answer.

Option D uses the correct grammatical structures to form the sentence.

Option A: This is not correct because the verb "waiting" requires the preposition "for" when followed by an object like "you." The correct form would be "I have been waiting for you for an hour."

Option B and Option C: Both are incorrect because the article "a" should be "an" before a word starting with a vowel sound, like "hour" . The correct form would be "I have been awaiting you for an hour." 

Option D is the correct answer. (A), (B) and (D) are written in incorrect English.

Statement A: The absence of "the" before "king" makes this sentence grammatically incorrect. In standard English, when referring to a unique title or role like "king" in this context, the definite article "the" is required to indicate specificity. The correct sentence would be: "The lion is the king of beasts" or "The lion is the king of the beasts".

Statement B: Similar to (A), the phrase "queen of flowers" lacks the definite article "the" before "queen." The correct sentence would be: "The rose is the queen of flowers" or "The rose is the queen of the flowers."

Statement C: This is a well-known proverb and is grammatically correct as written. 

Statement D: The sentence uses the indefinite article "a" before "boy," which is incorrect in this context. When introducing a specific noun like "boy" with a restrictive relative clause ("I told you about"), the definite article "the" is required to indicate that the boy is a specific individual being referenced. The correct sentence would be: "This is the boy I told you about."

Option A is the correct answer.

Both sentences use the "be + to + verb" construction, which is the grammatically correct way to indicate planned or scheduled future events, often with a sense of arrangement, obligation, or inevitability.

In the given set of sentences, only A and B are grammatically correct.

Sentence C has a tense mismatch. Here, "walk" is in the present tense, whereas "bought" is in the past tense.

Sentence D: "We" is a plural pronoun, which should be followed by "enjoy" and not "enjoys".

Option A is the correct answer. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Statement I is true. Attributive use means the adjective comes directly before the noun it describes.
Example: The red ball. (Here, "red" directly qualifies "ball.")

Statement II is also true. Predicative use happens when the adjective comes after a linking verb like "is, seems, looks," and describes the subject indirectly.
Example: The ball is red. ("red" describes "ball" through the linking verb "is.")

The answer is both as a noun and an adjective as it is used to refer to the head of an institution and the primary concern

The first "Puzzled" acts as a verb here, referring to the children's confusion, and the second "puzzle" works as a noun, referring to a thing or problem that has confused the children. 

The word thus acts as a verb and a noun. 

Therefore, Option D is the correct answer. 

"He" is singular in nature. In simple present tense, the singular subject takes the verb in the third person with a -s. 
hence, the correct answer would be "catches."

Option B: "Is catching" shows a continuous nature, which does not fit the sentence's " often "e. 

Option D: "Have caught" shows the past nature, which also does not fit the present form of the original sentence. 

Option A: "catch" is the base form, if we want to use catch we would need something like "He does often catch cold."

Therefore, Option C is the correct answer. 

The subject "the teacher" is singular, so the verb must agree with it in the present tense. Among the options, "sleeps" is the correct conjugation for the singular subject, making "The teacher never sleeps in the class" grammatically correct.

Do you know that dressing properly for an interview can earn you those brownie points which will help you get that dream job? 
This is the grammatically correct sentence."Earn" is used in the present tense, while "earns" is used in the third person singular form of the verb.

Option C is the correct answer. 'Getting at me' is the correct phrasal verb here, meaning "criticizing me" or "picking on me," which fits the context.

Gets at me (Option A) is in the wrong tense and does not align with the rest of the sentence structure. Get off at me (Option B) and getting by me (Option D) are not idiomatic or grammatically correct in this context.

Option D is the correct answer.

The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. In the active voice, "the council" is the object. In the passive voice, it becomes the subject.

The verb is changed to its passive form. The active verb "urged" is transformed into the passive form "was urged."

Thus, the sentence "He urged the council to reduce the rates" in passive voice becomes "The council was urged to reduce the rates."

Let us assess the statements - 

Statement I: True, as "hardly" can indeed be used to indicate something is just true or possible - e.g., "There was hardly enough food for everyone."

Statement II: True, as "hardly" is a negative word and should not be used with double negatives - e.g., "I hardly found nothing" is incorrect.

Hence, the correct answer is Option A. 

Assertion (A): The sentence "The details of the incident was not known" does not adhere to the requirement of subject-verb agreement and is grammatically incorrect.
This is correct because the subject "details" is plural, so the verb should be "were" instead of "was."

Reason (R): In "Noun + Preposition + Noun" constructions, the verb agrees with the number and person of the noun preceding the preposition.
This is also correct because in the given sentence, the noun preceding the preposition "of" is "details," which is plural. Therefore, the verb should match the plural subject.

Conclusion: The Reason (R) correctly explains the grammatical error identified in Assertion (A). Thus, the correct answer is:
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Option A is the correct answer. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Statement I: "VERY" is used to modify adjectives (e.g., very happy), past participles functioning as adjectives (e.g., very pleased), and adverbs (e.g., very quickly), which makes Statement I true. 

Statement II: "VERY" cannot modify past participles with passive meanings because in such cases, the participles act as verbs rather than adjectives (e.g., very punished is incorrect), confirming Statement II is also true.

Statement I is correct. Dare is usually used in sentences to question the authority of an action in a negative tone: He dare speak against the king. It also is often followed by "to": He dared to steal again from here. 

Statement II is also correct; it can also be used as a modal verb: "He dare not speak." or "He dares to challenge his opponents."

Both statements are correct. 

Therefore, Option A is the correct answer. 

The word "concerned" (used as a past participle) is appropriate because it expresses that the chapter is focused on or dedicated to a specific subject, i.e., the role and reach of reasoning. This usage aligns with formal writing conventions.

The word "provide" fits because it completes the infinitive verb phrase "can provide," indicating the potential role of reasoning in forming a theory of justice. This is both grammatically correct and contextually appropriate.

The definite article "the" is appropriate because "first chapter" is a specific entity. In formal English, we use "the" before ordinal numbers (e.g., "the first," "the second") to denote something specific and singular.

The word "in" is a preposition, and prepositions are typically followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb).

Option A: "Persue" is the base form of the verb. However, prepositions like "in" are not followed by the base form of a verb

Option B: "Persues" is the third-person singular form of the verb, which doesn’t fit here. Verbs in their third-person singular form cannot follow a preposition like "in."

Option C: "Persuit" is a noun, and while grammatically possible, it changes the sentence's meaning. Using "pursuit" would emphasize the abstract concept of persuit, rather than the ongoing action that the context suggests.

Option D: The gerund "persuing" indicates an ongoing action or process, making "in persuing the idea of justice" a grammatically and semantically appropriate phrase, and hence would be the best fit. 

Therfore, Option D is the correct answer. 

The subject of the sentence is "scepticism," which is singular; the verb should also agree with this. (A) is best suited for a singular subject in the present tense. 

Option D would be grammatically incorrect (used for plural subjects) and can be easily eliminated. 

Option C is close, but "does" is a better overall fit, with has and "yield-nor is it intended to yield" not being coherent grammatically. 

Option B is generally used with plural subjects; since the subject here is singular, this, too, can be eliminated. 

Therefore, Option A is the correct answer. 

The final sentence suggests an general belief about something in a passive form. In such instance base form of the verb +ed is used, generally in past tense. Which would be option C. 

Options A, B and D are in different tenses and would be grammatically inappropriate to place in the blank. 

Therefore, Option C is the correct answer.