Question
Directions: In each question below, word is used in four
different ways. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE. (A) Electric cars are a nice idea, but they won’t work for mass transit or cargo. (B) Passengers holding a direct airside transit visa will not be able to pass through immigration control. (C) The transit of the property into the parties’ joint names was irrelevant. (D) Mumbai and Delhi are building the infrastructure for rapid transit systems.Solution
Transit- the action of passing through or across a place. The carrying of people or things from one place to another. The word ‘transit’ is incorrect in sentence C In other sentence, transit is correctly used
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