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MAH LLB 3 Year CET 1 April Shift 2 2026

Match appropriate sentences List I (Sentence) with List II (Degree of comparison).List I: (A) Riya is taller than Neha. (B) Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. (C) This bag is as costly as that one. (D) Sneha is very intelligent.List II: (I) Positive Degree (equative) (II) Positive Degree (simple quality) (III) Comparative Degree (IV) Superlative Degree

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Answer: Option D — (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

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'Taller than' is comparative (A-III); 'the highest' is superlative (B-IV); 'as costly as' is the equative positive (C-I); 'very intelligent' states a plain quality, simple positive (D-II).

That is option (D).

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Grammar Revision — Preparation

This question tests your understanding of Grammar Revision, a key topic in the English Language section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.

English grammar is the foundation for almost every verbal ability question, from spotting errors and sentence improvement to fill in the blanks and cloze tests. This topic brings together a complete revision of the core rules: parts of speech, tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, conjunctions, modals, active and passive voice, and direct and indirect speech. The questions here are mixed, just like in the exam, so you practise recognising which rule a question is testing. The most frequently tested rules are subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, the correct use of articles ("a", "an", "the"), and fixed preposition combinations such as "differ from" and "comply with". If you keep getting a particular type wrong, go back to its own topic page for focused practice. Practise the mixed grammar questions below. Each solution names the rule being tested.