Question

    Pancakes literally sell like hotbakes during the Holy

    Month of Ramadan. In each question below, a sentence is given with an idiom/phrase printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by four alternatives. Find out which option should replace the phrase/idiom 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.
    A sell like hotcakes Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B sell like hotubs Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C sell like hotcans Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D sell like hotcars Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The idiom ‘sell like hotcakes’ means ‘to be bought quickly and in large numbers’. Pancakes literally sell like hotcakes during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

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