SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 3

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th March 2019 - Shift 2 • English • Q3

Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

He was surprised at me refusing his offer.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. at me refusing.

  1. The error lies in part 1 of the statement because of the wrong use of the Pronoun.
  2. We need to replace "me" with "my" for making the statement grammatically correct. 
  3. Before the gerund, we need to use "possessive pronoun".

Hence, the chosen option is correct.

The correct sentence will be-

He was surprised at my refusing his offer.