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SSC GD 2019 PYQ — Question 15

SSC GD Constable (English) - 18 Feb 2019 Shift 2 • English • Q15

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

One could argue that these are the compulsions of parliamentary democracy for smooth functioning for the State.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. functioning for the State.

  1. The error lies in option 3 because of the wrong use of "Preposition".
  2. We need to replace "For" with "Of" for making the statement grammatically correct.

Grammatical concept:- 

  • We use "for" to talk about a purpose or a reason for something while we use "of" when we want to show that people or things relate to other things or people.
  • The statement is trying to show the relation of 'Functioning" with the "state" hence, the preposition "of" will be the correct choice here.
  • The chosen option contains the Grammatical Error hence, it will be the correct choice.

Correct Sentence:-

One could argue that these are the compulsions of parliamentary democracy for smooth functioning of the State.