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    Question

    In the following questions, a sentence is divided into

    four parts. Choose the part of the sentence which may contain a grammatical error in it. If all the parts of the sentence are Grammatically correct and contextually Meaningful, choose option “no error” as your answer choice. Had the board (a) / realized the risks earlier (b) / they would have (c) / avoid the financial crisis. (d)
    A d Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B a Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C b Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D c Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    This is a Third Conditional sentence using inversion (starting with ‘Had’ instead of ‘If’). The structure must be: Had + Subject + V3, Subject + would have + V3. Correction: Part (d) should be “avoided the financial crisis.”

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