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    Question

    Finance Ministry in a notification said customs duty in

    open-cell (15.6-inch and above), (A) / for use in the manufacture of (B) / Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) TV panels (C) / will be nil compared with (D) / 5 per cent import duty previously. (E) 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).
    A A & B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B & C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C A & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D B & E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E A & E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    A – when we talk about duties and taxes, we need to use the proposition “on” instead of “in” D – with the word “compared”, we need to use preposition “to” or preposition “against”. “Compared to” our “compared against” are the correct ones.

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