CAT 2020 Sentence Correction and Error Correction Question (Medium)

Question

A part of the sentence that requires improvement is underlined and labelled. Choose the best option to replace the labelled part. Choose "No improvement" if no improvement is needed:

Unfortunately, the mob were more (A)/organized than they expected (B)/as freshly reloaded guns (C)/began to fire at them (D)

Optima Learn · Accepted Answer

The correct answer is a A. Understanding the Question This question asks which labeled part of the sentence about the mob and reloaded guns requires improvement. Analyzing the Context Mob is a singular collective noun the underlined part A uses the plural verb were, which is a subject-verb agreement

CAT 2020 Sentence Correction and Error Correction — Previous Year Question

CAT 2020

Verbal

Sentence Correction and Error Correction

Medium

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