Question
1) Fifteen rupee is too much for a banana. 2)
Fifteen rupee are too much for a banana. 3) Fifteen rupees are too much for a banana. 4) Fifteen rupees is too much for a banana. 5) None of these Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct. If none of the given sentences is correct, mark (5), i.e None correction required, as the answer.Solution
Rule ⇒ When nouns expressing periods of time, amounts of money, or quantities are considered as a single unit, singular verbs are used.
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