GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 1 | GA | Question: 2

Question

Jofra Archer, the England fast bowler, is _______than accurate.

• A. more fast
• B. faster
• C. less fast
• D. more faster

Answer 1

Due to “than” we need a comparative form here. But options A, B and C are comparative forms while option D is wrong usage as “faster” itself is comparative and so “more faster” is needless.

Now we have to see what is being compared. The comparison is with “accurate.” So, it should be either “more fast” or “less fast”. Since “accuracy” is a positive point, it should be “more fast” as “more fast” is expected to be better from a “fast bowler”.

PS: The following usage is correct because there we are comparing Archer with Bumrah.

Jofra Archer, the England fast bowler, is faster than Bumrah.

Correct Answer: A.

Comments

@Arjun sir, you wrote the write answer, but gave wrong option as answer, Instead of A, it should B.

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You can read once more :)

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@saurabh0709 The answer option is correct. When two qualities of the same noun are compared, more is used with positive degree adjective.

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Sorry, I read something else. : )