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

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 "not only ... but also" construction
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India --> only is redundant
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
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India --> missing "not only ... but also" construction
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India --> same as E

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.

Usage of idiom not only A but also B

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India Works as expected
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent Indiaand only the first is wrong it should be 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 only is weird
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent Indiausage of incorrect idiom
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent Indiaincoorect idiom 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 but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India.

Strike out "Appositive"(italic portion) and read.
Correct idiomatic usage that conveys clear meaning:- "Not only X----but also Y"
Here both X and Y carry same part of speech. Hence X and Y are parallel.
Ans. (A)

Not only... but also... is the right idiom structure. D and E don't have that and can be eliminated.

'First one only' in option C is not right.

'only the first' in option B seems to distort the meaning.

So A should be the answer.

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IMO A;
cor relative conjunction ; not only X but also Y .. and also the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India is ll structure
option B ; only the first Governor-General of Independent India is wrong and not ll
option C ; the first one only Governor-General of Independent India again not ll
option d; co relative conjucntion error
option e; co relative conjucntion error

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

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India Correct, proper use of not only had a X...but also had the Y
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India "only the" - Changes the meaning (as if being the first is not significant), last and first is correct
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" - does not make sense.
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India Violates the not only and but also usage
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India Violates the not only and but also usage

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 - 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 - Only is redundant here as "distinctive" is already mentioned
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 - Only is redundant here as "distinctive" is already mentioned
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 structure is violated
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 structure is violated

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.

5 secs scan
1)not only x but also y parallelism
2)placement of only

scan the options
straight away eliminate D and E for not only but also parallelism error

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 : placing only is not logical
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 placing only is not logical
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 : placing only is not logical and BUT is missing

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
Not only had a .... but also had the ... is correct . No problems in modifiers. Seems 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
Only the first is incorrect.
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 first one only is [b incorrect[/b]
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 missing . Incorrect
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 missing . Incorrect

In the absence of a better alternative, A is correct.

IMO A

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' is wierd. 'and the first and only' would have been correct.
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' is completely wrong, not making any grammatical sense. 'first and only' would have been perfect here.
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 (not only X but also Y).
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 (not only X but also Y). 'only the first' not making grammatical sense here. 'first and only' would have been perfect here.

imo option A,

not only but also idiom made d and e out, out of remaining 3

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 ( word order only gives wrong meaning, infact as a matter of fact one more governor general named Rajagopalachari served as governor general following Mountbatten, hahahah)
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 is literally ugly)

so option a is right answer

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 answer and correct parallel structure.
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 also follows the correct parallel structure but the use of 'only the first' makes changes in the intended meaning, this may suggest that he was the one and only governor general but the meaning is not clearly conveyed in this intent because only the first means that he could have been second gov-gen also but he did not and for these reasons in my opinion this choice is wrong.
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 use of one only here also distorts the meaning and does not convey intended meaning.
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India
parallel structure is not only... but also, for this reason alone the option can be cancelled
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
The correct parallel structure is not only... but also and this option is also wrong for this reason.

Going through the options, D and E are out because not only....but also is an idiom which they dont follow.

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

Parallel construction i like. lets keep it

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

only is parallel to what? I dont see anything. not only maybe? this is out.

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. first one only? it is 'one and only'

Answer is A
A for kudAs!

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 in all aspects of parallelism

B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India - Only the First is redundant usage
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 - Same as B - the first one only is redundant
D. he also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India - lacks parallelism
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India - lacks parallelism

A. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of Independent India (Looks flawless)
B. but also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India
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 (Something missing here?)
E. also had the distinctive stint of serving as the last Viceroy of India and only the first Governor-General of Independent India (Something missing here?)

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

Idiom: Not only ---X--- but also ----Y----

D and E are out.

Among A, B and C, 'the first' is the correct usage over 'only the first' and 'the first one only'


Option A