GATE CSE 2021 Set 1 | GA Question: 3

Question

Consider the following sentences:

1. Everybody in the class is prepared for the exam.
2. Babu invited Danish to his home because he enjoys playing chess.

Which of the following is the $\text{CORRECT}$ observation about the above two sentences?

• A. $\text{(i)}$ is grammatically correct and $\text{(ii)}$ is unambiguous
• B. $\text{(i)}$ is grammatically incorrect and $\text{(ii)}$ is unambiguous
• C. $\text{(i)}$ is grammatically correct and $\text{(ii)}$ is ambiguous
• D. $\text{(i)}$ is grammatically incorrect and $\text{(ii)}$ is ambiguous

Comments

Option D?

(ii) is obviously ambiguous as we don’t know which person enjoys chess.

(i) Everybody is wrong it should be everyone.

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Still, Grammatically it's correct

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Either of “everybody” or “everyone” can be used.

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Can we use the present verb “is” with the past participle verb “prepared”? Shouldn’t we use “has” instead of “is”?

Answer 1

1. Everybody in the class is prepared for the exam.

The above statement is correct as when we say everybody or everyone, we are considering the class as a unit. So singular form of the verb “is”  is correct. 

2. Babu invited Danish to his house because he enjoys playing chess.

The above statement is ambiguous because we are not sure who “he” refers to –  it can be either Babu or Danish. 

Option C follows from the above.

Comments

In II sentence in the question there is home

But Can we use use "to" prior to home isn't it inappropriate?

But in answer by GO team there is house

I think answer will be A

Correct me if i am wrong.