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    Question

    Directions : In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.

    Matters came to a head in Kerala on the eve of the

    budget session of the Assembly when the Governor refused to give his assent with the government’s policy address for the next fiscal.
    A while the Governor refused to give his assent with Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B where the Governor refused to give his assent in Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C when the Governor refused to give his assent to Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D when the Governor refused to give his assent by Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ‘assent to’ something is correct. Matters came to a head in Kerala on the eve of the budget session of the Assembly when the Governor refused to give his assent to the government’s policy address for the next fiscal.

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