In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the ‘No error’ option. The committee were unanimous (1)/ in their decision to increase the salary (2)/ of the employees. (3) No error (4)?

Option 1 : 1

The correct answer is option 1.

The collective noun 'committee' takes a singular or plural verb based on its usage. If the word refers to members as a unified group, 'committee' is singular. If the word refers to individualistic aspects of the group, 'committee is plural. 

In this sentence, since the decision was taken unanimously- a common decision of all the individual members- 'committee' would take a singular verb after its placement in a sentence. 'Were' needs to be changed into 'was' 

Correct sentence: The committee was unanimous in their decision to increase the salary of the employees.