GATE 2012 CS (CS1) – Question 4

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence.

They gave us the money back less the service charges of Three Hundred rupees.
This country’s expenditure is not less than that of Bangladesh.
The committee initially asked for a funding of Fifty Lakh rupees, but later settled for a lesser sum.
This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.

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Correct answer: (D) This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.

Explanation

“Very less” is the intended grammatical error. Less is comparative; “much less” with a comparison or “very little” would be appropriate. The other options use less/lesser for subtraction or comparison. Thus D.

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