Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any

    grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part 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). In the absence of comprehensive information (1)/from China, it is understandable that countries (2)/around the world are acting in ways that it (3)/believe may protect their populations (4).
    A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E no error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, ‘countries around the world’ is the subject. Hence, the correct pronoun should be ‘they’, not ‘it’. In the absence of comprehensive information from China, it is understandable that countries around the world are acting in ways that they believe may protect their populations.

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