Employees of the state run BPCL who participated in a nation wide strike on 8 January have rejoiced ...........

English Language (RBI Ast) Error correction

Directions : In the following questions, a sentence is given with four bold words. One of these words may be contextually incorrect. Choose the incorrect word as your answer. If all of the given words are correct then choose option (e).

Employees of the state-run BPCL, who participated in a nation-wide strike on 8 January, have rejoiced that the company cut four days' salary.

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Employees

participated

strike

rejoiced

None of these.

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Explanation:

- Let's break down the sentence: "Employees of the state-run BPCL, who participated in a nation-wide strike on 8 January, have rejoiced that the company cut four days' salary."

- 1. Employees – Correct. Refers to people working at BPCL.

- 2. Participated – Correct. It means to take part; here, in the strike.

- 3. Strike – Correct. An organized refusal to work; contextually makes sense.

- 4. Rejoiced – Incorrect. "Rejoiced" means to be very happy. Employees would not be happy about salary cuts; the context should use a negative word (like "complained" or "protested").

- 5. None of these – Not correct, as one word is contextually incorrect.

Correct Answer:

Option 4 – rejoiced