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    Question

    Read the sentence to find out whether there is any

    grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If the sentence is errorless, mark 'no error' as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any). On its first day of trading, the (A)/ stock rises 51% to be the most expensive (B)/ bank in India based on price-to-book (C)/ No error (D)
    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The verb "rises" is in the present tense, but the sentence refers to a past event ("On its first day of trading"), so "rises" should be replaced with "rose" (past tense).The correct sentence should be: "On its first day of trading, the stock rose 51% to be the most expensive bank in India based on price-to-book."

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