SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 96

SSC CGL Tier II - English - 15th Nov 2020 • English • Q96

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

He was not able to give many time to his research.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e many time.

Given sentence: He was not able to give many time to his research.

The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.

Adjective "much" is used with the uncountable noun, whereas, "many" is used with the plural countable nouns.

The noun time is an uncountable noun, so much should be used instead of many.

Correct sentence: He was not able to give much time to his research.