Question
The children enrolled in low fee charging
private schools are seen to perform better in mathematics, despite of better –qualified and more experienced teachers being available in government schools. In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases 1), 2), 3) and 4). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘ No correction is required’ , mark 5) as the answer.Solution
Here, 'despite of' is incorrect. Only 'despite' should be used.
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