Question

Change the degree of comparison from comparative to superlative, without changing the meaning.

India is larger than any other democracy in the world.

a)India is the largest democracy in the world
b)No other democracy in the world is as large as India.
c)India is the largest democracy in the world.
d)None of the above.

Answer 1

Hint: When changing this type of comparative degree to superlative, suffix -er is removed and another suffix is added.

Complete step by step answer:

The given sentence means that from all the democracies that we have in the world, India is the supreme one. Which means that it is the largest. Now The superlative of large is largest. There is only one sentence in the options which contains the superlative degree of large. Now let us check if the sentence has the same meaning as that of the given sentence. The sentence in option a says ‘India is the largest democracy in the world’ which is exactly what the sentence in the question says. So, the correct answer is a.

Option b uses the positive degree of comparison. Large is the positive degree. Thus, option b is incorrect. The word larging in option c is not a degree of comparison. Thus, it is incorrect. Option d none of the above is invalid as we have already found the answer to the question in the options given.

Note: Do not get confused between a and b. Option b means the same as the sentence in the question but it used the positive degree of comparison.