Question

    He reasoned that reform would be futile, as nobody would

    (A)/surrender power peacefully, and he grew (B)/ever more despondent in the 1930s when European politics was dissenting (C)/into its fascist abyss and India was approaching its moment of reckoning (D). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical/contextual 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).
    A He reasoned that reform would be futile, as nobody would Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B surrender power peacefully, and he grew Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C ever more despondent in the 1930s when European politics was dissenting Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D into its fascist abyss and India was approaching its moment of reckoning Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘dissenting’ means ‘showing a strongly different opinion on a particular question, especially an official suggestion or plan, a legal decision, or a popular belief’. ‘Dissenting into something’ is incorrect. The correct word to be used here is ‘descending’. He reasoned that reform would be futile, as nobody would surrender power peacefully, and he grew ever more despondent in the 1930s when European politics was descending into its fascist abyss and India was approaching its moment of reckoning.

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