Question

Change the below sentence from superlative degree of comparison to comparative degree- India is the largest democratic country in the world.
A) India is a large democracy
B) India is a larger democratic country than any other in the world.
C) India is a larger democratic country than any other in the world.
D) No other democratic country in the world is as large as India's.

Answer 1

Hint : A comparative degree of comparison has “than” in it.

Complete answer:
A comparative degree of an adjective is formed by adding the suffix “-er” to the positive degree. For example : William is stronger than Thomas. Here, the comparative degree of the word strong is stronger. The use of than is also shown here, we use than to compare two or more things.
Now, we will analyse the given options and then find out the correct answer.
Option ‘a’ is India is a large democracy. This sentence doesn’t have a comparative degree of adjective. So, it cannot be the correct answer.
Option ‘b’ is India is a larger democratic country than any other in the world. This sentence has the use of than. It also has a comparative degree of the adjective, large.
Option ‘c’ is that India is a more large democratic country than any other in the world. This cannot be the correct answer at all because this sentence is grammatically and logically incorrect.
Option ‘d’ is No other country democratic country in the world is as large as India's. This sentence has all the correct forms of a positive degree of comparison, which is not asked in this question.
Now, as we have examined all the options, we can easily find out the correct answer. Option ‘b’, India is a larger democratic country than any other in the world, is the correct answer.

Note : The adverbs less or least may be used with an adjective, if one wishes to run down the scale of comparison.