(a) Neither did men nor women go out at night. (b) Not only the kitten was wet but cold also. (c) No sooner does the curtain go up when the children watch the play closely. Select the grammatically correct sentence/s.
उत्तर: पर्याय (१)
स्पष्टीकरण:
तिन्ही वाक्यांचे व्याकरणिक परीक्षण:
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(a) Neither did men nor women go out at night (बरोबर): 'Neither did...' ही नकारात्मक सुरुवातीसह Inversion ची प्रमाणित व स्वीकृत साहित्यिक रचना आहे, ज्यामध्ये पुरुष अथवा स्त्रिया कोणीही रात्री बाहेर पडले नाहीत असा योग्य अर्थ निघतो.
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(b) Not only the kitten was wet but cold also (चूक): 'Not only...but also' चा समांतरतेचा नियम (Rule of Parallelism) मोडला आहे. 'Not only' नंतर विशेषण 'wet' हवे: *"The kitten was not only wet but also cold"*.
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(c) No sooner does the curtain go up when the children watch the play closely (चूक): 'No sooner' च्या जोडीला नेहमी 'than' हे उभयान्वयी अव्यय येते, 'when' येत नाही. ('When' हे 'Hardly / Scarcely' सोबत येते).
त्यामुळे केवळ Only (a) (पर्याय १) हे व्याकरणदृष्ट्या योग्य वाक्य आहे.
MPSC परीक्षा टीप
परीक्षेसाठी महत्त्वपूर्ण संकल्पना व शॉर्टकट
Correlative Conjunctions चे अनिवार्य जोडशब्द:
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No sooner ........ than (कधीही 'when' नाही)
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Hardly / Scarcely ........ when / before
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Not only ........ but also (दोन्हीकडे समान व्याकरणिक घटक पाहिजेत).
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English Explanation / स्पष्टीकरण:
Answer: Option (1)
Explanation:
Analysis of the sentences:
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Sentence (a) is correct: *"Neither did men nor women go out at night"* uses an acceptable inverted correlative negative coordination.
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Sentence (b) is incorrect: Violates the Rule of Parallelism with correlative pairs. 'Not only' is placed before the noun 'the kitten' while 'but also' balances the adjective 'cold'. Correct: *"The kitten was not only wet but also cold"*.
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Sentence (c) is incorrect: 'No sooner' must be correlated with 'than', never with 'when' (*No sooner does the curtain go up than the children...*). 'When' is used strictly with 'Hardly' or 'Scarcely'.
Therefore, the only grammatically correct sentence is Only (a) (Option 1).
MPSC EXAM TIP
High-Yield Exam Strategy Tip
Rigid correlative pairings in competitive English:
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*No sooner* -> *than*
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*Hardly / Scarcely / Barely* -> *when / before*
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*Neither* -> *nor*
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*Not only* -> *but also* (parallel structures required).