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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).

    Only a few dozen sequences (1)/of these variants (2)/has

    been reported (3)/from a handful of countries (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

    Since ‘these variants’ is plural, ‘has been’ should be changed to ‘have been’. Only a few dozen sequences of these variants have been reported from a handful of countries.

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