Question

    Given below are sentences with an error in each. The error is in one part of the sentence. Below each sentence are given the options containing the parts of the sentences. Choose the option which contains the error.

    As the sun slowly dipped below the horizon, casting a warm and vibrant tapestry of colors across the sky, the tranquil stillness of the evening settled in the landscape, wrapping the world in a cocoon of serenity that seemed to temporarily suspend the rush of daily life.

    A As the sun slowly dipped below the horizon, casting a warm and vibrant tapestry Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B of colors across the sky, the tranquil stillness of the evening settled in the landscape, Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C wrapping the world in a cocoon of serenity that seemed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D to temporarily suspend the rush of daily life Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    There is an incacuurate use of the preposition ‘in’ in “in the landscape”. It should be “over the landscape”, thus there should be the use of ‘over’ the verb ‘settled’ which also means to ‘come upon’, ‘to sit’.

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