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).

    If the complaint were against multiple advocates, (1)/the disciplinary proceedings should continue (2)/against the surviving lawyers (3)/unless the committee decided otherwise (4).

    A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Explanation: Here, ‘were’ is incorrect. It should be changed to ‘was’. If the complaint was against multiple advocates, the disciplinary proceedings should continue against the surviving lawyers unless the committee decided otherwise.

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