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GATE 2022 EC – Question 1

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

Mr. X speaks ________ Japanese ________ Chinese.

  1. neither / or
  2. either / nor
  3. neither / nor
  4. also / but

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Correct answer: (C) neither / nor

Explanation

"Neither ... nor" and "either ... or" are the only correct correlative pairs. "Neither" is negative, so it must be paired with "nor" and the sentence says Mr. X speaks neither Japanese nor Chinese.