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).

    But on the road, the highroad along that the troops

    marched, (A)/there was no such freshness even at night or when the road passed (B)/through the forest; the dew was imperceptible on the (C)/ sandy dust churned up more than six inches deep (D).
    A But on the road, the highroad along that the troops marched Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B there was no such freshness even at night or when the road passed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C through the forest; the dew was imperceptible on the Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D sandy dust churned up more than six inches deep Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, ‘that’ is incorrect, instead ‘which’ is correct. But on the road, the highroad along which the troops marched, there was no such freshness even at night or when the road passed through the forest; the dew was imperceptible on the sandy dust churned up more than six inches deep.

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