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). Australia lacks an (1)/ independent body (2)/ directly tasked in investigating (3)/ research misconduct (4)/ no error (5)
    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

    The phrase "directly tasked in investigating" is grammatically incorrect. The correct phrase should be "directly tasked with investigating." The verb "tasked" is correctly followed by "with" rather than "in."

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