Question

Identify the parenthesis in the given sentence:
The owner of GES (Green Eco Solutions), Mr. Jacob, travelled in a private jet to our event, which was on the outskirts of the city. What a fine gentleman he is!
a) ()
b) ,
c) .
d) !

Answer 1

Hint: Parenthesis is the punctuation mark, which helps the reader in gaining extra and additional information.

Complete answer:
Taking the idea from the hint given to us above, we can very clearly understand that parenthesis is used while using an abbreviation or acronym, providing its full form in parenthesis so that the reader knows what is spoken about. Now we need to identify from the four alternatives provided, which one from these is the correct symbol used for the punctuation asked. Traversing one by one through the options, we see that

Option (a), (), is used in the sentence to elaborate the term GES, which is giving extra information to the readers about the subject talked about in the sentence.

Option (b), The punctuation mark ',' is a comma which is used to indicate a pause in a sentence.

Option (c), the punctuation mark '.' is a full stop, used at the end of a sentence, or for abbreviations like 'Mr., eg.'.

And lastly, option (d), the mark '!' is an exclamation, used to express surprise or shock in a sentence.

With these explanations, we can easily figure out that option a, ( ) is the correct answer as it is the correct punctuation mark, the symbol which is helping in the elaboration of the acronym GES, the parenthesis symbol, as asked in the question.
Hence option (a) is correct. 

Note:
Identification of punctuation marks is easy, but you must learn and be well versed with the rules of punctuation so that you do not get your answers incorrectly.