Question

In the following sentence, some part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath the sentence, you will find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choose the most appropriate option given in each of the sentences given below that is the best version than the underlined part of the sentence:
Plausible though it sounds, the weakness of the hypothesis is that it does not incorporate all relevant facts. (CLAT,2017)

• A. the weakness of the hypothesis which sounds plausible
• B. even though it sounds plausible, the weakness of the hypothesis
• C. though plausible, the hypothesis' weakness
• D. though the hypothesis sounds plausible, its weakness

Answer 1

The correct option is D though the hypothesis sounds plausible, its weakness

Option D: This phrase 'though the hypothesis sounds plausible, its weakness' shortens the underlined phrase, meanwhile keeping the meaning intact. The underlined phrase is unnecessarily extended, and by rephrasing the words, it makes it shorter and easier to understand. It is the best version out of all options and hence option D is correct.

Option A: This phrase does not sound complete, the words are not in correct order.

Option B: This phrase is unnecessarily too long and doesn't serve the purpose of shortening the underlined phrase.

Option C: This phrase is shortened too much and eats up the required words. As a result, the meaning is ambiguous.