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SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 9

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th December 2019 - Shift 1 • English • Q9

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

Among the reasons cited by the employee for quitting the job were the pressure of work, the outstation duties and desiring to pursue her hobbies.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. and desiring to pursue her hobbies.

  1. The error lies in part 2 of the statement because of the wrong use of parallelism.
  2. We need to replace "desiring" with "desire" for making the statement grammatically correct.
  3. "the pressure of work, the outstation duties and desire to pursue her hobbies" all the bolden word should be in the same parts of speech.
  4. Hence, the chosen option will be correct.

The correct sentence will be-

Among the reasons cited by the employee for quitting the job were the pressure of work, the outstation duties and desire to pursue her hobbies.