GATE CSE 2021 Set 2 Q1: Sentence completion: play the keyboard ____ her sister

Gauri said that she can play the keyboard __________ her sister.

Try it: multiple choice: exactly one correct option

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Answer: A (official GATE 2021 final answer key)

Concept used: Comparison of equality uses "as + positive degree + as"; comparative and superlative forms cannot sit between the two "as".

First step: Discard the options that put a comparative (better, worse) or superlative (nicest) inside "as … as".

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Source: official GATE 2021 Set 2 CS question paper and final answer key, organised by IIT Bombay. Question paper · Answer key