Question

    Directions: In the following question a sentence is divided into parts. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one or two parts of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

    The satellite is functioning very well (A)/ and in

    another four days till now, (B)/ it will be placed into their (C)/ specified slot in the Geo-Synchronous Orbit (D)/ after a series of manoeuvres (E).
    A A & B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B A & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C B & C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D C & E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    B – ‘four days from now’ is the correct usage. The idea is, after four days, the satellite will be placed. So using ‘till’ is wrong. C – Use of ‘their’ is wrong. We are talking about only one satellite. So ‘its’ should be used in the place of ‘their’. The correct statement would be The satellite is functioning very well and in another four days from now, it will be placed into its specified slot in the Geo-Synchronous Orbit after a series of manoeuvres.

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