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SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 31

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th December 2019 - Shift 1 • English • Q31

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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

The detective compared the forged signature to the original.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. to the original.

  1. The error lies in part 2 of the statement because of the wrong use of the preposition.
  2. We need to replace "to" with "with" for making the statement grammatically correct.
  3. The verb "compared" is followed by "with" so it will be correct.
  4. Hence, the chosen option will be correct.

The correct sentence will be-

The detective compared the forged signature with the original.