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.
The increase in irrigated areas / has resulted on achieving / record food grain
production.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. has resulted on achieving.
- Preposition is used before a noun, pronoun, noun phrase etc.
- In the above sentence the use of the preposition is wrong.
- The preposition 'in' will be used with achieving instead of 'on'.
Hence the correct sentence is-
The increase in irrigated areas has resulted in achieving record food grain
production.