SSC CPO 2024 PYQ — Question 1

SSC CPO - 29 June 2024 - Shift 1 • English • Q1

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. When Ramu was working / as a clerk, / he asked me money.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. he asked me money.

The error lies in the third part: "he asked me money." The correct phrase should be "he asked me for money".

The verb "ask" is typically followed by the preposition "for" when requesting something.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: "When Ramu was working as a clerk, he asked me for money."