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    Question

    Directions: In each of the questions, two sentences are given which are divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). Both the sentences may have errors in one of the four parts or may not have any error at all. You have to find out the parts containing error and mark that alternative as the answer.

      I. U.S President Elect Joe Biden announced additional

    members (A)/ of the White House communications and press team (B)/ on Friday including India-born Vedant Patel, (C)/ which was appointed to the role of Assistant Press Secretary (D).   II. Mr. Patel was a key member (A)/ of the Biden-Harris campaign (B)/ and was currently a senior spokesperson (C)/ for the Biden-Harris presidential Inaugural Committee (D).
    A I- A, II- D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B I- B, II- B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C I- C, II- A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D I- D, II- C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    I- While speaking about a person, ‘who’ should be used instead of ‘which’. So the fragment would be ‘Vedant Patel, who was appointed…’. II- Since we are talking about a person’s current position, ‘is currently’ is correct and not ‘was currently’.

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