The purpose of the vehicle driving test is to assess a person’s abilit

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The purpose of the vehicle driving test is  to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer  and control a moving vehicle.

(A) to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer

(B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer

(C) to be able to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering

(D) for assessing a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer

(E) that it can assess a person’s ability for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering

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Bunuel · Accepted Answer

Official Explanation:

Answer: B

(A) The purpose of the driving test is to asses a person’s ability of doing two things —  recognizing traffic signs  and  steering and controlling a vehicle . These two need to be parallel.  Of recognizing  and  to steer  are obviously not parallel. The idiomatic construction is  ability to do  something.

(B) The correct answer.

(C) Looks a little wordy but correct. However, notice that the non-underlined part says  and control; steering  is obviously not parallel to this.

(D) The purpose of something is  to  do something, so the use of  for assessing  is unidiomatic.

(E) Unnecessarily wordy. The use of  of  in the phrase  of his ability for steering  does not make sense. Also,  steering  is not parallel to  control .

Sumi1010 · Answer

The original sentence is The purpose of the vehicle driving test is to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer and control a moving vehicle. The purpose is always intentional and should be followed by infinitive form of the verb i.e. The purpose is TO DO SOMETHING. Ability TO is correct phrase. Now the choices - (A) to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer Ability TO is correct phrase. (B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer Ability TO - is correct. To recognise || To steer and control - is correct . (C) to be able to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering The purpose is To be able - incorrect. Ability TO is correct phrase. (D) for assessing a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer The purpose is for assessing - incorrect. (E) that it can assess a person’s ability for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering Ability TO is correct phrase. B

shubhs76 · Answer

This question tests parallelism. We need to look for the AC that ensures recognizing, steer and control are in the same form.

Clearly, only answer choice  B  fulfills this. So, the answer is  to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer

mdsaddamforgmat · Answer

IMO B
It correctly follows the parallelism and idioms
The purpose is to assess …..ability to ….. as well as to…

Pankaj0901 · Answer

Correct answer IMO B
"ability to" is idiomatic
Only option B as the correct usage of "ability to".

TarunKumar1234 · Answer

The purpose of the vehicle driving test is to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer and control a moving vehicle. Note- "As well as" gives a parallel structure check point in this case. Let's analyze parallel structure first then other parameters. (A) to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer -> "recognizing" and "to steer" is not parallel. Incorrect. (B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer -> Parallelism error is corrected. we don't have any new error introduced. Let's keep it. (C) to be able to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering -> "to be able to access" why do we say it...we can say in simple "to access". Incorrect. (D) for assessing a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer -> "for accessing" is incorrect. we need "to access" to start. (E) that it can assess a person’s ability for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering -> "that it can" is changing the meaning of sentence. Incorrect. So, I think B.

jhavyom · Answer

The purpose of the vehicle driving test is  to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer  and control a moving vehicle.

(A) to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer
'ability of' is an incorrect idiom

(B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer
to assess a person’s ability to recognize and to assess a person’s ability to steer
two activities are parallel

(C) to be able to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering
'purpose is to be able to' is incorrect

(D) for assessing a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer
'purpose is for' is incorrect

(E) that it can assess a person’s ability for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering
'purpose is that' is incorrect

Choice B is the answer.

ramlala · Answer

Purpose here to recognize idiom error (ability to) and to check parallelism error (to assess....to steer)

(A)  to assess  a person’s  ability of  recognizing the different traffic signs as well as  of his ability to steer :  Idiom & parallelism error

(B)  to assess  a person’s  ability to  recognize the different traffic signs as well as  to steer  :  PERFECT

(C)  to be able to assess  a person’s  ability of  recognizing the different traffic signs as well as  of steering :  Idiom & parallelism error

(D)  for assessing  a person’s  ability to  recognize the different traffic signs as well as  to steer :  arallelism error

(E) that it can assess a person’s  ability for  recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering:  Idiom & parallelism error

IMO B

ravigupta2912 · Answer

(A) to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer — “ability of” is a clear no. It’s unidiomatic. Ability has to introduce an action phrase and hence we don’t need the preposition “of”, which necessitates a noun.

(B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer — spot on. Correct.

(C) to be able to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering — same as A.

(D) for assessing a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer - “purpose of X is for” the “for” here is incorrect. The purpose to do something. So “to” is needed here.

(E) that it can assess a person’s ability for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering — we need a “to” after “is”. Eliminate this. It’s not idiomatic. Also “ability for”

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sudeshpatodiya · Answer

Ability  +  To  is correct

X = the vehicle driving test
A = of recognizing the different traffic signs 
B = steer and control a moving vehicle

The purpose of  X  is to assess a person’s ability to do  A  as well as   B 
A and B needs to be parallel.

(A) to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer -  Incorrect. Ability Of is incorrect in A

(B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer -  Correct. Both elements A and B are parallel with the use of Ability to

(C) to be able to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering  Incorrect

(D) for assessing a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer -  Incorrect. Changes the meaning with the use of "for". Now it means that the purpose if not to assess something instead it means to do something X for Y

(E) that it can assess a person’s ability for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering -  Incorrect

(B)

carouselambra · Answer

IMO B
 
The purpose of the vehicle driving test is to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer and control a moving vehicle.

Skeleton of the sentence : 
Purpose of A is to assess B's ability to recognize C and as well as to D

Next check - Parallelism/Idioms

(A) to assess a person’s ability  of recognizing  the different traffic signs as well as  of his ability  to steer

(B)  to  assess a person’s ability  to recognize  the different traffic signs as well as  to steer 
Correct

(C)  to be able to assess  a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of steering

(D)  for assessing a person’s ability  to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer

(E)  that it can assess a person’s ability  for recognizing the different traffic signs as well of his ability for steering

Pranjal1 · Answer

Answer is B. Parallelism to be checked in this question. "To.... And to....."

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ranjan1 · Answer

The purpose of the vehicle driving test is  to assess a person’s ability of recognizing the different traffic signs as well as of his ability to steer  and control a moving vehicle.

Error Analysis:-

Original sentence has parallelism error. As per intended meaning, two elements needs to be parallel 1.) ability to recognize 2.) ability to steer and control.
 
(B) to assess a person’s ability to recognize the different traffic signs as well as to steer.  Correct

This choice is eliminating the parallelism error in the original sentence.

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