NDA (II) 2022 GAT Q40: Though there is progress (a) / for different directions,

Q: What is the answer to NDA (II) 2022 GAT Q40?

B. Correct — B, 'for different directions'. The noun 'direction' pairs with 'in', so progress happens 'in different directions'. 'For' would mark a purpose or a destination, which is not what the sentence is describing.

NDA (II) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 40 of 150

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Though there is progress (a) / for different directions, (b) / why is there no brotherhood? (c)

(a)(a)
(b)(b)
(c)(c)
(d)No error

Answer

Why

Correct — B, 'for different directions'. The noun 'direction' pairs with 'in', so progress happens 'in different directions'. 'For' would mark a purpose or a destination, which is not what the sentence is describing.

Why the others are wrong

(a)Though there is progress — Error-free — 'though' correctly opens a clause of contrast, and 'there is progress' agrees in number.
(c)why is there no brotherhood? — Error-free — a direct question with the inverted 'is there' and a matching question mark.
(d)No error — There is an error — direction takes 'in', not 'for' — so 'No error' is not the answer.

Concept

An error-spotting item on prepositions of direction. English fixes 'in' with the noun 'direction' — in this direction, in the same direction, in all directions.

Prepositions are learnt as partnerships with particular nouns and verbs rather than deduced from a rule. 'Direction' takes 'in'; 'for' points to a purpose ('a fund for education') or to a destination after certain verbs ('leave for Delhi'). Once the partnership is known, segment (b) stands out at once.

Key facts

'In' is the preposition used with 'direction': in the same direction, in all directions.
'Leave for' and 'set out for' take a destination, not a direction.
'Though' and 'although' already carry the contrast, so no 'but' follows them in the same sentence.

Study next

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Common traps

Reading segment (a) as faulty because 'though' has no matching 'but' — English does not allow both.
Accepting 'for' because the sentence still makes rough sense.

Asked as an error-spotting item — name the segment that contains the error, or mark 'No error'.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: The crowd scattered ___ all directions.
- (a)for
- (b)in
- (c)on
- (d)to
Answer(b) in — 'direction' takes the preposition 'in', as in 'in all directions'.
practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) Although he worked hard / (b) but he could not / (c) finish the paper on time. / (d) No error
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
Answer(b) but he could not — 'although' already supplies the contrast, so 'but' must be dropped.