Question

Change the negative sentence into an affirmative sentence without changing the meaning:
No student in the class is as smart as Sharada.

• A. Sharada is the smartest student in the class.
• B. There are some students in the class who are as smart as Sharada.
• C. Sharada is not the smartest student in the class.
• D. No student in the class is as stupid as Sharada.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Sharada is the smartest student in the class.

A negative sentence is the opposite of an affirmative (positive sentence) and expresses an opposing idea. It contains a negative word like 'no', 'not', 'never' etc along with the main verb or words like 'nobody', 'no one', etc. An affirmative (or positive) sentence does not contain any such negative word.

Option A is an affirmative sentence as it does not contain any negative word as mentioned above. It conveys the same meaning as that of the original sentence. Hence, this option is correct.

Option B is an affirmative sentence as it does not contain any negative word as mentioned above. However, it conveys a meaning which is different from the meaning of the original sentence. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect as it contain the negative word, 'not'. Hence it is a negative sentence.

Option C is incorrect as it contain the negative word, 'no'. Hence it is a negative sentence.