Question

Many in the neighbourhood had lost (1)/their near and dear ones in the Partition massacre, (2)/but even in that dire times, they understood (3)/that people of all communities had suffered (4).

Q: Answer-Many in the neighbourhood had lost (1)/their near and dear ones in the Partition massacre, (2)/but e...

Here, that dire times is incorrect. The plural form of that should be used, which is those. Many in the neighbourhood had lost their near and dear ones in the Partition massacre, but even in those dire times, they understood that people of all communities had suffered.

strong >Directions (Q77- Q83): 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 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

E No error

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