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    Question

    In each question below, four words are printed in bold type. One of these words given in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt, if there is any. That word is your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark 5) as the answer.

    The reputation of a player and team are burnished

    by gritty performances abroad and against quality opposition . 
    A reputation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B burnished Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C gritty Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D opposition Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Replace ‘REPUTATION’ with REPUTATIONS as reputations of two nouns (PLAYER and TEAM) is being talked about. The reputations of a player and team are burnished by gritty performances abroad and against quality opposition . 

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