Question
It will be no exaggeration (A) to state that conducting
proper investigation in such areas is themselves (B) a great challenge, where (C) witnesses don’t come forward to support the police fearing adverse (D) consequences from the Maoists. Direction : In each question below, four words printed in bold type are given. These are numbered (A), (B), (C) and (D). One these words printed in bold might either be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if any. The number of the word is your answer. If the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence then mark (E), i.e. 'All Correct', as your answer.Solution
Here, ‘themselves’ should be changed to ‘itself’. The reflexive pronoun refers back to the state of conducting investigation, not to any particular person. It will be no exaggeration to state that conducting proper investigation in such areas is itself a great challenge, where witnesses don’t come forward to support the police fearing adverse consequences from the Maoists.
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