Only well thrive A people have B their say C in Indian politics D No error E ...

Directions: Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as a, b, c ,d and e. If there is no error, the answer will be (e) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

Only well thrive (A)/ people have (B)/ their say (C)/ in Indian politics. (D)/ No error. (E)

 Write thriven in place of thrive in section (A).
The given sentence needs an adjective and not a verb. Thrive is a verb which means to prosper or flourish. The sentence refers to the persons who have already proposed. As such, we need and adjective which should tell the quality (of being prosperous) of those people. Thriven is past participle of verb thrive functioning as adjective. So, the correct sentence will be:

"Only well thriven people have their say in Indian politics."

By: Brijesh Kumar