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GATE 2014 EC (EC2) – Question 1

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

Communication and interpersonal skills are ______ important in their own ways.

  1. each
  2. both
  3. all
  4. either

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Correct answer: (B) both

Explanation

The sentence names two kinds of skills and refers to them together with a plural verb. Both is the appropriate determiner for these two items: communication and interpersonal skills are **both,B**, important in their own ways. Either would select one alternative rather than describe the pair.