Answer-Brimstone is easily burned without any extraneous help; (A)/indeed the only precaution required is (...

When the subordinate clause comes after lest, the auxiliary Verb should must be used, whatever be the Tense of the Verb in the main clause. So here, shall is to be changed to should. Brimstone is easily burned without any extraneous help indeed the only precaution required is to take care lest the heat produced by the burning sulphur should not volatilize part of it in the unburned state.

Question

Brimstone is easily burned without any extraneous help; (

A /indeed the only precaution required is (
B /to take care lest the heat produced by (
C /the burning sulphur shall not volatilize (
D /part of it in the unburned state (
E .

Directions: In each question given below, a sentence is divided into 5 parts and one part of the sentence has an error. You have to choose from the given options, the part that contain the error.

A A

B B

C C

D D

E E

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