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    Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part 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).

    All this makes him an (A)/opposite starting point for

    (B)/those on the far right (C)/in search of intellectual sugar-coating (D).
    A All this makes him an Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B opposite starting point for Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C those on the far right Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D in search of intellectual sugar-coating Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The correct word here is ‘apposite’, not ‘opposite’. The word ‘apposite’ means ‘suitable and right for the occasion’. All this makes him an apposite starting point for those on the far right in search of intellectual sugar-coating.     

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