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SSC CGL 2016 PYQ — Question 187

SSC CGL Tier II English - 1/12/2016 • English • Q187

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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'.

The officer has (A)/ given orders to his (B)/ soldiers yesterday. (C)/ No error(D)

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. A.

  1. The error lies in part A of the statement because of the wrong use of VERB.
  2. as there is an adverb in part C of the statement that is Past tense we need to use the main verb in the past tense.
  3. Hence we need to replace "has" with "had" for making the statement grammatically correct.
  4. The correct sentence will be-

The officer had given orders to his soldiers yesterday.