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    Directions: In the following question a sentence is divided into parts. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in two parts 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.

    JNU elections were a lively festival of discussion,

    argument, polemic and discursive contestation, (A)/ that harvested alert and engaged citizens, (B)/ many of which found a home in national politics (C)/ and went on to become public officials (D)/ committed by the Constitution (E).
    A A & B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C & E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    C – Since we are talking about living beings, ‘many of whom’ is correct not ‘many of which’. E – ‘committed to’ something is the right usage. So ‘committed to the constitution’ is correct. So the correct statement is JNU elections were a lively festival of discussion, argument, polemic and discursive contestation, that harvested alert and engaged citizens, many of whom found a home in national politics and went on to become public officials committed to the Constitution .

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