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    Question

    Directions: In the following question a sentence is divided into parts. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in two parts of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

    India were ranked 110 (A)/ in terms of personal freedom

    (B)/ and 105 on economic freedom (C)/ with a overall score of 6.43 out of 10 (D).
    A A & B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B A only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No errors Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    A – Since India is a collective noun, it is considered as singular. So singular verb should be used. Hence, ‘India was’ is correct. D – the article before overall should be ‘an’ and not ‘a’, as ;overall’ starts with a vowel sound. The correct sentence is India was ranked 110 in terms of personal freedom and 105 on economic freedom with an overall score of 6.43 out of 10.

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