IPMAT Indore 2025 · Verbal Ability · Question 8
IPMAT Indore 2025 previous year question on Sentence Improvement, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.
Choose the option that best improves the underlined portion of the sentence.
Among scientists, the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and the genetic code it incorporates is widely regarded to be one of the most significant scientific discovery of the twentieth century.
- Aregarded for being one of the most significant scientific discoveries
- Bregarded as one of the most significant scientific discoveries
- Cregarded like one of the most significant scientific discovery
- Dregarded being one of the most significant scientific discoveries
Answer & solution
Answer: Option B
Two separate errors must both be fixed.
Error 1 — the idiom. The correct construction is regard as, never regard to be, regard for being or regard like.
Error 2 — the plural. The phrase one of the most significant… must be followed by a plural noun, because you are picking one item out of a group:
\text{one of the most significant scientific}discoveries
Testing each option against both rules:
Option | regard as? | plural noun? |
|---|---|---|
1 — regarded for being | ✗ | ✓ |
2 — regarded as … discoveries | ✓ | ✓ |
3 — regarded like … discovery | ✗ | ✗ |
4 — regarded being | ✗ | ✓ |
Only option 2 satisfies both.
Answer: Option 2
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