Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part 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).

    The Centre had told the top court (A)/that the state governments must not permit (B)/any kind of Kanwar yatra (C)/because the pandemic (D).

    A The Centre had told the top court Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B that the state governments must not permit Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C any kind of Kanwar yatra Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E because the pandemic Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, after ‘because’, the preposition ‘of’ should be used. The Centre had told the top court that the state governments must not permit any kind of Kanwar yatra because of the pandemic.

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