SSC Stenographer 2022 PYQ — Question 17

SSC Stenographer - 17 Nov 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q17

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 Government was / deaf on the protests and / continued with its plan.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. deaf on the protests and.

Usage of "To": "To' is used in a sentence to indicate a destination or direction of movement towards something. 

Here, The government is not paying attention towards the protests.

The correct sentence will be: The Government was deaf to the protests and continued with its plan.

Hence, deaf on the protests and is the correct answer.