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Degrees of Comparison — GK Questions with Answers

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  1. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate degree of adjective: She can knit ______ than she can sew.
    1. best
    2. good
    3. better
    4. more better
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    Answer: (C) better

    Than signals the comparative, and the comparative of well is better. More better is a double comparative.

  2. She has purchased ______ of all the cars.
    1. the costlier
    2. the costliest
    3. costlier
    4. costliest
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    Answer: (B) the costliest

    Of all signals the superlative, which takes the.

  3. Change the degree without changing the meaning: Rekha is less careful than some other players in her team.
    1. Rekha is not as careful as every player in her team.
    2. Rekha is not as careful as some other players in her team.
    3. No other player in the team is as careful as Rekha.
    4. Rekha is not as careful as most of the players in her team.
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    Answer: (B) Rekha is not as careful as some other players in her team.

    Less careful than becomes not as careful as, and some other players stays as it is.

  4. Change the degree without changing the meaning: Jaipur is busier than most other cities in Rajasthan.
    1. Very few cities in Rajasthan are as busy as Jaipur.
    2. All the cities in Rajasthan are as busy as Jaipur.
    3. Very little cities in Rajasthan are as busy as Jaipur.
    4. Most of the cities in Rajasthan are busier than Jaipur.
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    Answer: (A) Very few cities in Rajasthan are as busy as Jaipur.

    Than most other converts to very few … as … as.

  5. Choose the incorrect sentence (error in the degree of comparison).
    1. Some flowers are at least as fragrant as the rose.
    2. A sunset on the sea is one of the lovelier things in Nature.
    3. Ashok was greater than most other Kings.
    4. I have never seen so big a diamond as this.
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    Answer: (B) A sunset on the sea is one of the lovelier things in Nature.

    One of the + superlative needs loveliest, not the comparative lovelier.

  6. Fill in the blank with the correct degree: It is ______ today than it was yesterday.
    1. colder
    2. cold
    3. coldest
    4. most cold
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    Answer: (A) colder

    Than requires the comparative.

  7. Which one of the following options is correct?
    1. Honey is preferable than sugar.
    2. Honey is more preferable than sugar.
    3. Honey is more preferable to sugar.
    4. Honey is preferable to sugar.
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    Answer: (D) Honey is preferable to sugar.

    Preferable is already comparative and takes to.

  8. Choose the sentence that uses the positive degree of the adjective "dull" correctly.
    1. None other girls are as dull as she.
    2. No other girl is as dull as she is in the class.
    3. She is a duller girl in the class.
    4. She is the dull girl.
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    Answer: (B) No other girl is as dull as she is in the class.

    The positive-degree pattern is no other … as … as.

  9. Fill in the blank: I’d like to have a ______ car. The one I have got keeps breaking down.
    1. reliable
    2. more reliable
    3. most rely
    4. reliabler
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    Answer: (B) more reliable

    An implied comparison with the present car needs the comparative.

  10. "Tennyson is not the greatest of all poets." The underlined part is in the —
    1. superlative
    2. comparative
    3. positive
    4. double superlative
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    Answer: (A) superlative

    The greatest of all is a superlative.

  1. Which is an adjective and the degree of the adjective in: "I have no ulterior motive in offering you help"?
    1. ulterior, positive used as superlative
    2. motive, positive
    3. offering, comparative
    4. ulterior, comparative used as positive
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    Answer: (D) ulterior, comparative used as positive

    Ulterior is a Latin comparative form used here with no comparison, so as a positive.

  2. Choose the sentence in which the use of the adjective is NOT correct.
    1. Every cloud has a silver lining.
    2. The way was long, the wind was cold, the minstrel was infirm and old.
    3. The sadly tidings were a heavy blow to the old man.
    4. Constant anxiety has undermined his health.
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    Answer: (C) The sadly tidings were a heavy blow to the old man.

    Tidings is a noun and needs the adjective sad, not the adverb sadly.

  3. Which is correct?
    1. He is senior than me.
    2. He is more senior than me.
    3. He is senior to me.
    4. He is seniorer to me.
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    Answer: (C) He is senior to me.

    Latin comparatives such as senior take to, never than, and never more.

  4. Which adjective cannot be compared?
    1. tall
    2. unique
    3. clever
    4. useful
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    Answer: (B) unique

    Unique already means one of a kind, so more unique is wrong.

  5. "The population of Delhi is greater than Mumbai." The correct form is —
    1. …greater than Mumbai city.
    2. …greater than that of Mumbai.
    3. …greater than Mumbai’s people.
    4. …more greater than Mumbai.
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    Answer: (B) …greater than that of Mumbai.

    Compare like with like — a population with a population.

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