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    Question

    In the question given below, a sentence is given, divided into parts. One of the parts may contain an error. Identify the part that contains the error, and mark it as the answer. Ignore errors of punctuation. In case the sentence is correct as it is, mark option (e), that is, ‘No error’. Note – The words in bold are grammatically and contextually correct

    China’s plan to divert water from the Brahmaputra in Tibet to the “parched Xinjiang region” in China by building a 1,000-km-long tunnel, the world’s longest one, will proved to be an environmental disaster .

    A water from the Brahmaputra in Tibet Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B to the “parched Xinjiang region” in Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C China by building a 1,000-km-long tunnel, Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D the world’s longest one, will proved to be Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In D, replace PROVED with PROVE as the modal verb WILL will always take the base form of the main verb following it. Thus, D is the right answer.

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