Question

    Directions (Q77- Q83): 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).

    Many in the neighbourhood had lost (1)/their near and

    dear ones in the Partition massacre, (2)/but even in that dire times, they understood (3)/that people of all communities had suffered (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

    Here, ‘that dire times’ is incorrect. The plural form of ‘that’ should be used, which is ‘those’. Many in the neighbourhood had lost their near and dear ones in the Partition massacre, but even in those dire times, they understood that people of all communities had suffered.

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