Directions: In the questions given below, a statement has been divided into 5 parts with one or more parts containing an error (grammatical and contextual). You are required to choose the part/parts which do not have an error and are contextually and grammatically correct.
The cost of living in Mumbai (A) / is more than the cost of living (B) / in any other city in India (C) / but still Mumbai is one of the (D) / most populous city in the country. (E)
Only A and B
Incorrect AnswerOnly B and D
Incorrect AnswerA, C and D
Correct AnswerA, B and E
Incorrect AnswerAll fragments are error free
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
In fragment B of the sentence, cost of living should not be used and instead of that, that should be used since in case there is comparison between two things, the same thing is not repeated in the sentence twice but in the second instant, it is replaced by that in the singular number and those in the plural number.
In the fragment E of the sentence, there is error since one of the……. should be followed by only plural nouns and not singular noun as has been used in this sentence. Here, most populous city should be replaced by one of the most populous cities in the country.
All the other fragments of the sentence have no error and are correct.
The correct sentence would be: The cost of living in Mumbai is more than that in any other city in India but still Mumbai is one of the most populous cities in the country.
This makes option C the correct choice among the given options.
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By: Brijesh Kumar