Question

    The turf war within the armed forces over the createof

    integrated theatre commands intensified on Friday, with chief of defence staff rejecting concerns of IAF. (i) within the armed forces over the creation of (ii) within the armed forces against the creation of (iii) within the armed forces for the create of Direction: In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is highlighted in bold. Below it, some options are suggested which may improve the highlighted part of the sentence, to make it meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose which of the following option(s) can successfully replace the highlighted part to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If the sentence is grammatically correct and requires no improvement, choose option 5), i.e. No improvement required.
    A Only i Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both i and ii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both ii and iii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘create’ should be changed to ‘creation’. Both the prepositions ‘over’ and ‘against’ is correct here.

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