Question
In the early days, cars were considered (1)/luxury
goods and high excise duty was levied on (2)/petrol, but it was lowest on diesel to make it (3)/cheaper for the essential needs of transport (4). 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).Solution
Here, the superlative degree should not be used. We are comparing prices of petrol and diesel only. So, ‘lowest’ should be changed to ‘lower’. In the early days, cars were considered luxury goods and high excise duty was levied on petrol, but it was lower on diesel to make it cheaper for the essential needs of transport.
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