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    Question

    Given below are four sentences, out of which one sentence is grammatically incorrect. Choose the option which points out the grammatically incorrect sentence. If all sentences are correct. Choose ‘no error’ as your answer.

    A Yesterday there was sporadic exchanges of gunfire and a tank firing shells in the city. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The Liberal government anchored gunboats in the River Mersey and sent 7,000 troops to the city. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Soon people within the city began to experience symptoms similar to encephalitis. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D At length, after being lost for more than two thousand years, the city was disentombed. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Since we are talking about ‘sporadic exchanges’, the verb should be ‘were’. Yesterday there were sporadic exchanges of gunfire and a tank firing shells in the city.

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