Direction: Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statements. Mark the incorrect statement as the answer. If all the statements are incorrect, mark E, i.e., 'All are incorrect' as the answer.
A. The Réunion hotspot is thought to have been active for at least 66 million years, causing eruptions that relate to the extinction of the dinosaurs and more recently over the last 10 million years creating the Mascarene Islands, including Mauritius and Réunion.
B. Causing eruptions that relate to the extinction of the dinosaurs and more recently over the last 10 million years creating the Mascarene Islands, including Mauritius and Réunion, the Réunion hotspot is thought to have been active for at least 66 million years.
C. Creating the Mascarene Islands, including Mauritius and Réunion recently over the last 10 million years, the Réunion hotspot is thought to have been active for at least 66 million years causing eruptions that relate to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
D. The Réunion hotspot, causing eruptions that relates to the extinction of the dinosaurs and more recently over the last 10 million years creating the Mascarene Islands, including Mauritius and Réunion, is thought to have been active for at least 66 million years.
All are incorrect
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
The given sentence talks about The Réunion hotspot where volcanic eruptions have been said to be related to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
However, more recently, the eruptions has resulted in the coming up of the islands of Mauritius and Réunion.
The error in option 4 is that the plural subject ‘eruptions’ does not agree with the singular verb ‘relates’.
A plural subject of a sentence requires a plural verb.
Therefore, the error lies in option 4.
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By: Munesh Kumari