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English Language (IBPS CL) Error correction

Direction: In the following question, five statements have been given. Identify the pair of statements which are grammatically correct and also carry the same meaning.

1) As consumerism, especially at century's end, becomes an increased individualistic and private affair, we risk losing key virtues that stabilize and promote social life.

2) Consumerism is kindled, only when people, through the mediums of advertising and marketing, come to mythically believe they have certain "needs" that can only be satisfied through consumption.

3) Consumerists, as a charactercultivating way of life, encourage the least attractive human traits— avarice, aggression, and selfcenteredness.

4) We all fall prey to consumerism, and it is especially important for parents to have been teaching their children to discern the real messages behind airbrushed ads and images.

5) Consumerism comes into existence when various marketing strategies contribute to the creation of artificial wants among consumers.

1 and 2

2 and 3

4 and 5

2 and 5

3 and 4

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Explanation:

Statements 2 and 5 are both grammatically correct and carry the same meaning. Statement 2 states that Consumerism takes place when under the influence of advertising and marketing, wants to get created among people. The same idea is stated in statement 5. Thus, option D is correct.
Let’s look at the errors in the other statements:
1) “Individualistic” is an adjective, so is “increased” in the given context. But an adjective cannot modify an adjective and we need an adverb in its place. Therefore, “increasingly” should be written.
3) Here the usage of the word “consumers” is incorrect as it refers to a group of people who consume. The consumers cannot be called “a charactercultivating way of life”. Hence, the abstract noun “consumerism” should be used.
4) The statement here talks about what parents should do in general. Hence, the verb “teach” should be in the simple
present tense instead of present perfect continuous. So, “have been teaching” should be replaced by “teach”.