Practice Test Discussion

Q)

Direction: Read these sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in. 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)

If the present rate in increase continues (a)/ our population at the turn of the century (b)/ may well reach the staggering (c)/ figure of one billion. (d)/ No error (e)

[UII (AO), 20002]


  • Explanation

    In Part A, the use of word 'rate in increase' should be replaced by 'rate of increase' to make the sentence correct

    Correction: If the present rate of increase continues

    Hence option A is correct.

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