Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval officer and statesman, not only had a brilliant career in the military as he served as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India. Correct. No errors. Not only... is correctly matched with but also...
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India. Incorrect usage of "only"
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India. Incorrect. "First one only" is awkward.
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India. Incorrect. Not only and he also is not parallel
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India. Incorrect. Same error as in B in the usage of only.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval officer and statesman, not only had a brilliant career in the military as he served as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
Correct
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India

" and only the first " changes meaning conveyed in original sentence- Hence Eliminate B.

C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India

Again arrangement of the words " the first one only Governor General" changes meaning -Hence Eliminate C

D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India

Not only he also- incorrect idiom so Eliminate D

E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India

Not only...also incorrect idiom usage. Correct idiom is Not only ..But Also, also sometimes used Not only..But is correct Hence Eliminate E

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Not Only X, but also Y is the right idiom. So, D & E are out.
Option B - only the first Governor-General of Independent India.
This is incorrect. First Governor will always be single person. Hence "Only" is wrong.

Option C first one only Governor-General of Independent India Sentence does not say that there was only ONLY one governor-general. Hence it is also wrong.

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India- correct
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India----the last viceroy...not parallel to... only the first
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India---first one only redundant
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India--- not only ... but also
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India ----not only ... but also

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval officer and statesman, not only had a brilliant career in the military as he served as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War
Correct idiomatic expression is 'not only...but also'. So we can cross out D and E as possible answers.

Out of A,B and C, options B and C are wordy and the usage words 'only' and 'one' is distorting meaning clarity of the sentence.
Therefore, option A is the answer.

Here as not only is used in the non-underlined part, but also should follow in the rest of the sentence.
Option D and E are out.
Option B is out for faulty //ism.
in option A and C, option A looks better and has perfect //ism.
Hence option A

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
correctly used not only.....but also..........and correct parallelism (CORRECT)

B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
this conveys illogical meaning saying that Mountbatten was only the first governor and nothing else

C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India
awkward construction and only modifying governer general creates the illogical meaning

D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
not only.....but also is the correct idiom

E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
not only....but also is the correct idiom

Mistakes are bolded like this "mistake"

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
RIGHT
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and "only the first Governor-General" of Independent India
WRONG. Change meaning
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and "the first one only Governor-General" of Independent India
WRONG. Change meaning
D. "he also had" the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
WRONG. ruin construction "not only...but"
E. "also had" the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
WRONG. ruin construction "not only...but"

Concepts used- Parallelism ;no redundancy ; Idioms(not only- but also)

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India

B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
//First in one only
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval officer and statesman, not only had a brilliant career in the military as he served as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India- Let's keep this. This sentence has a proper parallel structure, the idiom not only, but also makes perfect sense.
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India- and only the first governor sounds awkward. it's not needed
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India-one only is redundant and sounds verbose. not needed.
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India- not only should be followed by but also which is missing in this sentence
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India- Same error as in the sentence D. also only after and is not needed.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval officer and statesman, not only had a brilliant career in the military as he served as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.

Here, option D and E have not maintained parallelism, as there is no "but also". so out. options B and C uses "only" which is redundant as he has already mentioned as "First" viceroy. so out.
Hence, the correct answer choice is (A).

This passage tests the correct usage of the idiom not only... but also. This therefore rules out D and E.
Option B has the phrase “only the first Governor-General of Independent India”, which does not make sense. Only suggests that the Admiral was the only Governor General, hence introducing the qualifier first for the Governor General role distorts the meaning of the sentence, hence it is also incorrect in my opinion.
Same distorted meaning issue in B above reappears in C, hence the correct answer is A.

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A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
correct
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
incorrect as it it is incomplete
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India
the question stem doesn't mention anything of there being an only one viceroy of India
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
Incorrect Idiom usage
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
Incorrect Idiom usage

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
Nothing fishy about this. Hold.

B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
Incorrect. "only the first Governor-General"- is meaningless. He could be either only Governor-General or the first Governor-General. Can't be both at the same time.

C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India
Incorrect. "first one only Governor..." doesn't make any sense. If B was bad, this is worse.

D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.
*Incorrect. idiom error. "Not only" must be followed by "but also".
*Although I must admit I have seen a question in OG18, which bypasses this rule. But, between A and D, I would choose A.


E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
Incorrect. Idiom error as in D. Plus, I'm not sure why "only" is placed before "the first"


Ans: A

But, someone has any other reason to eliminate D apart from idiom error, please do share.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, a decorated British naval officer and statesman, not only had a brilliant career in the military as he served as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.


A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
Idiom- not only X but also Y is used correctly in A. No error

B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
Use of "only" distorts the meaning


C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India
Use of "one only" distorts the meaning

D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India

D & E is wrong because of idiom error (Not only X but also Y)

IMO A

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India - Meaning error
C. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first one only Governor-General of Independent India - Inconsistent
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India - Idiom Error
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India - Idiom Error

A should be the answer