Question

    In these questions, sentences with four bold words are given. One from four words given in the bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. That word will be your answer. If all words given in the bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, then ‘All Correct’ is your answer.

    Even through the detector had been built and was functional , the theory had to be developed .

    A through Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B built Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C functional Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D developed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All correct Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Replace ‘through’ with ‘though’. Through is used when passage (passing/walking) is being talked about. Here THOUGH will be used to show “DESPITE THE FACT THAT.. ” Even though the detector had been built and was functional, the theory had to be developed.

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