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    Question

    The following questions consist of a sentence which is divided into three parts, with grammatical error in one or more than one part of the sentence. If there is an error in any part of the sentence, find the correct alternative to replace that part from the three options given below to make the sentence grammatically correct. if there is an error in any part of the sentence and none of the alternatives is correct to replace that part, then choose ‘None of the A, B and C’ as your answer. If the given sentence is grammatically correct and does not require any correction, choose ‘No correction required’ as your answer.

    About a fortnight since Maldives’s ex-President walked

    free, after the Supreme Court (A)/overturned his convict in a money-laundering case, the ‘India Out’ campaign (B)/in the island nation has intensified, with the former strongman now leading it (C). (A) About a fortnight since Maldives’s ex-President walked free, where the Supreme Court (B) overturned his conviction in a money-laundering case, the ‘India Out’ campaign (C) in the island nation has intensified, with the former strongman then leading it
    A A and B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None of the A, B and C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, ‘convict’ is someone who has been judged guilty of a crime and is in prison as a result. The correct word should be ‘conviction’. It means ‘the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime’. About a fortnight since Maldives’s ex-President walked free, after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction in a money-laundering case, the ‘India Out’ campaign in the island nation has intensified, with the former strongman now leading it.

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