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    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).

    Life is much vaster (A)/and deeper, it cannot be (B)/lived with the aide (C)/of an extinguishable lamp (D).

    A Life is much vaster Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B and deeper, it cannot be Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C lived with the aide Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D of an extinguishable lamp Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘aide’ here means ‘a person whose job is to help someone important, such as a member of a government or a military officer of high rank’. The correct word to be used here is ‘aid’. It means ‘help or support’. Life is much vaster and deeper, it cannot be lived with the aid of an extinguishable lamp.

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