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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 20

SSC CGL Tier II English - 11/09/2019 • English • Q20

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

Last evening my friend tells me the funny joke that I have ever heard.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. tells me the funny joke.

  1. Option 1 that I have is gramatically correct.
  2. Option 2 ever heard also doesn't contain any error.
  3. option 3 is the incorrect one because according to the sentence and it's established context the narrator wishes to express the fact that he had heard the funniest joke. In this case, funny means in general terms and funniest means extraordinary. The context of the sentence expresses extraordinary feelings and hence 'funniest' would be the appropriate term for the sentence.
  4. Option 4 is correct because as an introduction to the sentence it offers the subject without any grammatical error.

Option 3 has the error in the sentence and hence becomes the answer to our question.