SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 39

SSC CGL Tier II English - 20/02/2018 • English • Q39

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

With God's blessings and hard work, (1)/ I cleared many hurdles in life and did (2)/ reasonable with both professional and personally. (3)/ No error (4)

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Reasonable with both professional and personally.

The error lies in part 3 of the statement because of the use of adverb in place of adjective.

Concept-

  • We need to replace "personally" with "personal" for making the statement grammatically correct.
  • As the adverb "personally" being used here is incorrect because 'both' is an adverb. So, it will take an adjective after it. 
  • So we need to use "personal" at the place of "personally".

The correct sentence will be-

With God's blessings and hard work, I cleared many hurdles in life and did reasonable with both professional and personal.