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    Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical/contextual 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 viewers are not fools, (A)/they pack up on doubt

    and (B)/uncertainty on screen and (C)/hit the remote accordingly (D).
    A The viewers are not fools Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B they pack up on doubt and Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C uncertainty on screen and Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D hit the remote accordingly Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The phrasal verb ‘pack up’ means ‘to stop doing an activity’. This is incorrect. The correct phrasal verb is ‘pick up’. ‘pick up on something’ means ‘to notice something that other people have not noticed’. The viewers are not fools, they pick up on doubt and uncertainty on screen and hit the remote accordingly.      

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