The following sentence has been split into four segments Identify the segment that contains a gramma...........

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Uttar Pradesh / accounts for about 16 per cent / of the / country population.

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SSC MTS 20th July 2022 Shift-2

of the

country population

Uttar Pradesh

accounts for about 16 per cent

- Option 1:, of the

- This is a prepositional phrase fragment. It acts as a connector between parts of a sentence. There's no error here.

- Option 2:, country population

- This fragment is missing a possessive form. It should be "country's population."

- This is the segment with the grammatical error.

- Option 3:, Uttar Pradesh

- This is a proper noun, correctly identified as a geographical location. No issue here.

- Option 4:, accounts for about 16 per cent

- This part is correctly phrased. It indicates the percentage effectively.

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