Question
In each of the questions below four words are
highlighted in the sentences. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark option ‘All are correct’ as your answer. The manager was forced to reprimand the clerk for his negligent attitude toward the maintainance of the bank’s records.Solution
Misspelled. This is a very common trap. The correct spelling is maintenance (the ‘ai’ in maintain changes to ‘e’).
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