Direction: In each of the questions, there are 4 sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence/s or part/s that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage and choose the answer accordingly. I. Just right before starting the tour, the US Secretary II. gave a speech on India-US ties that was III. so broad as it was deep, talking of the road ahead IV. together for the next 100 years.

Step-by-step solution

Fragment I: Just right before starting the tour, the US Secretary Usage of both ‘just’ and ‘right’ brings redundancy in the sentence as both mean the same. Correct fragment: Just before starting the tour, the US Secretary Fragment III: so broad as it was deep, talking of the road ahead As the sentence is in affirmative, ‘as … as’ must be used for comparison of positive degree. Correct fragment: as broad as it was deep, talking of the road ahead No other fragment has an err