Question

The following question has a sentence with three parts marked as (a), (b), (c). Read each sentence part to determine whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
a: It was this desire for the freedom of my people to live their lives with dignity and self- respect that animated my life,
b: that transformed a frightened young man into a bold one, that drove a law-abiding attorney to become a criminal,
c: that turned a family-loving husband into a man without a home, that forced a life-loving man to live like a monk.

• A. a
• B. b
• C. c
• D. d

Hint:

Recognizing rhetorical structures like parallelism can help you quickly assess a sentence's correctness. When you see a repeated pattern (like a series of "that" clauses), check if all items in the series are grammatically consistent. If they are, the structure is likely correct.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Task
The task is to identify any grammatical errors in the given sentence, which is divided into three parts.

Step 2: Analyzing Each Part


Part (a): "It was this desire for the freedom of my people to live their lives with dignity and self- respect that animated my life," - This is the main clause of the sentence. The structure "It was... that..." is used for emphasis and is grammatically correct. The hyphen in "self-respect" is missing a space before it, but this is a minor typographical issue, not a major grammatical error.

Part (b): "that transformed a frightened young man into a bold one, that drove a law-abiding attorney to become a criminal," - This part consists of two relative clauses starting with "that," which both modify "desire" from part (a). The parallel structure is correct.

Part (c): "that turned a family-loving husband into a man without a home, that forced a life-loving man to live like a monk." - This part continues the parallel structure with two more relative clauses, also modifying "desire". The grammar and punctuation are correct.


Step 3: Overall Sentence Structure
The sentence uses a powerful rhetorical device called parallelism, where a series of clauses ("that transformed...", "that drove...", "that turned...", "that forced...") all have the same structure and modify the same noun ("desire"). This is a grammatically correct and effective way to write. The sentence is free from grammatical errors.

Step 4: Final Answer
There are no grammatical errors in the sentence. Therefore, option (D) is the correct answer.