Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no
improvement is needed select ‘No improvement required’.
A need of an hour is to provide employment to the youth of the country.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The need of the.
- The error lies in the underlined part.
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The given sentence is referring to a unspecific point of time. Hence, we have to use the definite article 'the' here.
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"Need of the hour" means at an unspecified point in time ("hour"), there is a thing that everybody wants or must have ("need"). While an "hour" usually refers to the point of time that's exactly sixty minutes long, "hour" in this phrase is not the same.
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Instead, we're just referring to an unspecified time frame, and there's no telling when or if that time frame will end.
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Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we should changed the underlined part to "The need of the" to make the sentence grammatically correct.
The correct sentence is:- The need of the hour is to provide employment to the youth of the country.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The need of the.