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Select the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Mr. Desai was amazingly well read in literature, (A) / history and politics among other fields; (B) / he enjoyed music, both Hindustani as well as western classical, and the opera. (C) / No error (D)

Select the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Mr. Desai was amazingly well read in literature, (A) / history and politics among other fields; (B) / he enjoyed music, both Hindustani as well as western classical, and the opera. (C) / No error (D) Correct Answer C

The correct answer is option 3) i.e. C.

  • In part C ‘both’ is paired with ‘as well as’, which is inappropriate here contextually.
  • ‘Both’ is paired with conjunction ‘and’. Hence, we will use ‘both Hindustani and western classical’.
     

Correct answer: - “Mr. Desai was amazingly well read in literature, history and politics among other fields; he enjoyed music, both Hindustani and western classical, and the opera”.

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