Question
This was an illusion to the most (A)/infamous murder
committed by (B)/the two anti-heroines of the book (C)/as they are on the run through France (D). 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).Solution
The word ‘illusion’ means ‘an idea or belief that is not true’. It is inappropriate here. The correct word is ‘allusion’, which means ‘a brief or indirect reference’. This was an allusion to the most infamous murder committed by the two anti-heroines of the book as they are on the run through France.              Â
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