Question

A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
a) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
trimmed.
b) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see one once their horns are
c) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns
have been
d) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns are
e) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals’ horns have been

Answer 1

Hint: We need to correct the underlined sentence given in the above passage. Look carefully, the use of the conjunction ‘and’ is not correct here as it is not defining the purpose of visit. We will analyse each option to figure out which option is correct.

Complete step by step answer:
Let us discuss the above given options in detail.
a) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
trimmed: In this option, ‘to visit game parks and see’ is inappropriate as is it implies no specific
purpose, whereas ‘to visit game parks to see rhinoceros’ defines a particular purpose.Therefore, it is
an incorrect answer.
b) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see one once their horns are: In this option,
again the phrase ‘to visit game parks and see’ is inappropriate (reason being same as in option a).
Therefore, this option is incorrect.
c) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns
have been: This option has been correctly framed without any error. Therefore, this is the correct
option.
d) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals’ horns are: In
this option, ‘if’ is inappropriate, as it denotes a condition. Example: If A, then B. Therefore, the sense
the condition is not correct for this passage. This option is incorrect.
e) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals’ horns have been: This
option is not correctly framed, reason being the same as in option d. Therefore, this option is
incorrect.
Hence, the correct answer is option c.

Note:
Analyse the structure of the sentences given in the options carefully. The correct answer starts
with ‘whether’ which is an alternative and not a condition. Also, the phrase ‘to visit game parks to
see’ has a purpose of visit unlike in the phrase ‘to visit game parks and see’.