GATE CSE 2020 | Question: GA-2

Question

His knowledge of the subject was excellent but his classroom performance was_______.

• A. extremely poor
• B. good
• C. desirable
• D. praiseworthy

Comments

A. Extremely poor. As here conjunction used is BUT which is used to connect ideas that contrast.

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Answer 1

A. Extremely poor

Conjunctions like although, however, but, though, in spite of, despite etc. create contrast between two parts of a sentence.

Here, the person has an $\underbrace{\text{excellent knowledge}}_{\text{positive}}$ of subject but his performance was $\underbrace{\text{extremely poor}}_{\text{negative}}.$

Answer 2

A. Extremely poor (the sentence before but and after but should be opposite in meaning).

Answer 3

A. Extremely poor. As here conjunction used is BUT which is used to connect ideas that contrast.

Answer 4

A. Extremely poor as but means sense of opposite meaning .