SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 6

SSC CHSL - 11th July 2019 - Shift 1 • English • Q6

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

The team began searching for reasons for their poor performance in the tournament.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. for their poor performance.

Here, ‘team’ is a collective noun and should be taken as a singular noun. Also, the pronoun used by the team should be singular i.e. ‘their’ must be replaced with ‘its’.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.