Question

    In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts, in which two of the parts have some grammatical or contextual errors in them. You have to identify which pair among the given alternatives represents the parts that contain those errors. If none of the parts has any error, then mark option 5, i.e., ‘No error’ as your answer.

    Two days after issuing an advisory cautioning (1)/people against sharing a photocopy of (2)/its Aadhaar card, the Union government on Sunday (3)/withdrew the notification, claiming (4)/it could be misinterpret (5).

    A 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 3 and 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 4 and 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1 and 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    3- the pronoun ‘its’ should be changed to ‘their’, as it refers back to ‘people’. 5- ‘misinterpreted’ is correct here. Two days after issuing an advisory cautioning people against sharing a photocopy of their Aadhaar card, the Union government on Sunday withdrew the notification, claiming it could be misinterpreted .

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