Question
Each question consists of four sentences and some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Read each sentence to find out the error in the sentence (s) and select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence (s). Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.
A. Any talk of a demographic dividend is meaningless when one half of the population is just not participating in the economy. The reasons are many.
B. First, India is a deeply feudal, parochial and sexist society. Deep down, most Indians subscribe for the stereotype that a man’s place is in the workplace, the woman’s at home.
C. For many Indian men, it is a matter of shame to see women in their families go out to work.
D. Other than the perceived stigma of not being able to provide for their womenfolk, there may even be a subliminal fear that financially independent women could challenge their assumed superiority and dominance in the household.
Solution
B. First, India is a deeply feudal, parochial and sexist society. Deep down, most Indians subscribe to the stereotype that a man’s place is in the workplace, the woman’s at home. The use of preposition ‘for’ is contextually incorrect in this statement. Though both the phrasal verbs are grammatically correct. Subscribe for – to bid /apply for something Subscribe to – to agree with an idea
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