CLAT English Language & Comprehension 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Select the sentence that is grammatically correct.
- Between you and I, the case is weak.
- Between you and me, the case is weak. (Correct answer)
- Between you and myself, the case is weak.
- Between you and mine, the case is weak.
Correct answer: Between you and me, the case is weak.
The preposition 'between' requires object pronouns, so 'me' (not 'I' or 'myself') is correct.
Question 2: The word 'EQUIVOCAL' most nearly means:
- Straightforward
- Ambiguous (Correct answer)
- Hostile
- Concise
Correct answer: Ambiguous
Equivocal means open to more than one interpretation; deliberately ambiguous to mislead.
Question 3: In a legal comprehension passage, the phrase 'the court held that...' signals:
- An obiter dictum of the judge
- The official legal ruling or decision (Correct answer)
- A dissenting opinion
- A procedural direction
Correct answer: The official legal ruling or decision
In legal writing, 'the court held' introduces the official binding decision or ratio decidendi of the case.
Question 4: Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I will finish the work tomorrow.'
- He said that he will finish the work the next day.
- He said that he would finish the work the next day. (Correct answer)
- He told that he would finish the work tomorrow.
- He said that he would finish the work tomorrow.
Correct answer: He said that he would finish the work the next day.
In indirect speech, 'will' changes to 'would' and 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day' when the reporting verb is past tense.
Question 5: Identify the figure of speech in: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
- Simile
- Hyperbole
- Personification (Correct answer)
- Oxymoron
Correct answer: Personification
Attributing the human action of whispering to the wind is personification.
Question 6: Choose the correctly spelled word.
- Accomodation
- Accommodation (Correct answer)
- Acommodation
- Accommodtion
Correct answer: Accommodation
'Accommodation' has double 'c' and double 'm'; it is a commonly misspelled word.
Question 7: A passage on contract law states that an offer lapses if not accepted 'within a reasonable time'. The author most likely intends 'reasonable time' to mean:
- Exactly 30 days as per statute
- A period judged appropriate given the circumstances (Correct answer)
- The time the offeror specifies in a follow-up letter
- Any time before the offeree's death
Correct answer: A period judged appropriate given the circumstances
In legal usage, 'reasonable time' is a context-dependent standard assessed by courts based on the nature of the transaction.
CLAT English Language & Comprehension 4
Select the sentence that is grammatically correct.