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The correct answer is financial.

Key Points

• Financial inclusion is about providing access to financial services, so the answer is financial.
• Providing access to financial services can help promote economic growth and reduce poverty, as people can use these services to save money, invest in their education or business, and protect themselves against financial shocks.

The correct answer is technological

Key Points

• One of the challenges to achieving full financial inclusion is a lack of technological infrastructure, particularly in developing countries where many people do not have access to the internet or mobile phones.
• This can make it difficult to provide financial services to people in remote or rural areas.

The correct answer is Money.

Key Points

• Financial education is important to ensure that people can make informed financial decisions, manage their money effectively, and avoid financial pitfalls.
• Without financial education, people may not know how to save money, manage debt, or invest in a way that aligns with their financial goals.

The correct answer is financial

Key Points

• The answer is financial, as the financial system is what policymakers and financial institutions are working to make more inclusive.
• By providing access to financial services to more people, policymakers and financial institutions can help to promote economic growth, reduce poverty, and create more opportunities for everyone.

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e., ‘Reading storybooks and watching movies- is’- the error lies in this part only.

• The error lies in the wrong usage of the verb ‘is’ in Part A.

• ‘Is’ should be replaced by ‘are’ because a plural verb is used when two gerunds used as subjects of a sentence are joined by the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.

• Let’s see a few examples-

• Baking chocolate cakes and decorating the house are my duties for tomorrow's event. 

• Baking chocolate cakes and decorating the house is my duties for tomorrow's event. 

• Singing classical songs and attending concerts have helped me to overcome the loss of my pet dog. 

• Singing classical songs and attending concerts has helped me to overcome the loss of my pet dog. 

Therefore, the plural verb ‘are’ should be used instead of the singular verb ‘is’ to make the sentence correct.

So, the correct sentence is:

“Reading storybooks and watching movies- are my two favourite hobbies- and these two hobbies have helped me prosper more as an individual and be a better person.” 

• Gerunds are the verb that ends with '-ing' and does the work of a noun.

• A singular verb is used when gerunds are subjects of a sentence.

• For example-

• Swimming in the dirty pond was a ridiculous stunt by Rohit. 

• Swimming in the dirty pond were a ridiculous stunt by Rohit. 

• Playing the synthesizer has been my wish since childhood. 

• Playing the synthesizer have been my wish since childhood.

The correct option is 4) i.e. B.

Key Points

• This statement shows the possibility that 'we work hard to please our CEO' but we don't know whether CEO is pleased or not.
• Thus, this statement/situation shows the possibility we use 'may', in such cases where we try to state that an event can or cannot occur, we use 'may'.   
• ​Example: 'It can be a holiday tomorrow.' (Incorrect) ❌

                                      'It may be a holiday  tomorrow*.'* (Correct) ✔️

Additional Information

USE OF

• May: Permission to do something
• ​Example: May I take that newspaper?
• Can: Offer something
• ​Example: I can lend you my scooter till next week.

Correct sentence: 'We work hard so that we may please our CEO to promote us to the post of Manager or at least a raise would be nice for a change.'✔️

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. B

Key Points​​​

• ​We use 'who' in relative clauses to refer to people, and sometimes to pet animals.
• ​As per the rule given above, 'who' will be used instead of 'which' in the 2^nd part of the sentence.
• Here "Young girl" is the noun, hence we will use 'who'.
• "Who" is used for the noun/pronouns in nominative case i.e. I, we, you, he, she, it, they.

Additional Information  ​

• The pronouns that connect a clause or phrase to a noun or a pronoun, is called a relative pronoun.
• The most common relative pronouns are:
• who, whom, whose, which, that.
• Example:
• We don’t know the person who donated this money.

​Correct Sentence: "The front-page story was about a young girl who had hurt herself while saving a puppy in an accident. She single-handedly took the initiative and saved the life of that disowned puppy, took care of all its medical expenses and even went to see a medical veteran."

The correct Answer is Option 4.

Key Points

• The error is in part D of the sentence, due to the wrong spelling of uncountable noun.

• Furniture is an uncountable noun and is not used in a plural sense.

• Plural of furniture is also furniture.​

• NOT furnitures.

• The word furniture is always used along with a singular verb.

Correct sentence: "In my neighbourhood there lived an old couple; they led the simplest kind of lives, and studied and wrote; they grew their own food, built their own houses and furniture."

Additional Information

• Uncountable nouns are nouns that come in a state or quantity that is impossible to count.
• Uncountable nouns are always considered to be singular. Hence, require singular verbs according to Subject Verb agreement.
• To refer to one or more quantities of an uncountable noun, expressions such as a bit of, a piece of, an item of or words for containers and measures must be used:
• He bought a very expensive piece of furniture for his new apartment.

The correct answer is 'Option 4 (D)'.

Key Points

• The error is in part D, where the phrase "in the venue" is used.
• The preposition "at" is used with a specific place or location when referring to an event or activity taking place there.
• Therefore, "at the venue" is the correct expression instead of "in the venue."
• Options 1, 2, and 3 do not contain any grammatical error.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 4.

Complete Sentence: "A vast number of people greeted the politician on her arrival at the venue."

Additional Information

• Option 1 (A): "A vast number" is grammatically acceptable because "a vast number of" is used to refer to a large quantity of countable people or things.
• Option 2 (B): "of people greeted" is grammatically correct and appropriately connects the subject with the verb.
• Option 3 (C): "the politician on her arrival" is grammatically correct and clearly indicates when the politician was greeted.
• Option 4 (D): "in the venue" is incorrect in this context. The correct preposition is "at", making the phrase "at the venue."

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. A-B

We can look at the sentence in the following way:

Molly said she wanted to _______ (A) the new _______ (B) but Mark was _______ (C) it. 

• Restaurant: A place where people sit and pay to eat meals. 'Restaurant' is not a verb or an action that one can 'do'.
• Visit: Go to see or spend time somewhere. 'Visit' is a verb and we have to replace it with a noun.
• Against: To be opposition to something

Hence A and B need to be interchanged in order to make the sentence contextually correct.

Correct Sentence: Molly said she wanted to visit (A) the new restaurant (B) but Mark was against (C) it.