College of Admission Tests Multan

Parallelism

Solve the question of and select the option from the choices A through D/E. Check your Answer and view the explanation.

Question: 3

To strive, to seek, to find, and not yielding are the heroic goals of Ali Baba in famous story Ali Baba and Chlees Chor.
  • To strive, to seek, to find, and not yielding
  • To strive, to seek, finding and not yielding
  • To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
  • To strive, seeking, to find, and not yielding
  • Striving, seeking, finding, and not to yield

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Correct Answer: C

Not yielding is incorrect; it should have the infinitive form (to _______ ) of the other items. Choice C is the best answer. Choices A, B, D, and E all have faulty parallelism, mixing infinitives (verbs with to) and gerunds (verbs with -ing).