SSC Stenographer 2025 PYQ — Question 137

SSC Stenographer - 07 Aug 2025 - Shift 3 • English • Q137

Find the incorrect part of the sentence:

Neither of the two brothers are trustworthy.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

Subject-Verb Agreement: The word "Neither" is a singular distributive pronoun. When it is the subject of a sentence, it always takes a singular verb, regardless of the plural noun ("brothers") that follows it in a prepositional phrase.

Correction: The plural verb "are" should be replaced with the singular verb "is".

Correct Sentence: "Neither of the two brothers is trustworthy."