SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 19

SSC CGL - 11 April 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q19

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical 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.

If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. this year it reflect badly.

Given sentence: If the economy fails / this year it reflect badly / on the government.

The given sentence is a conditional sentence. So, 'this year it reflect badly' should be replaced by 'this year it will reflect badly.'

Type 1 conditional sentence refers to the present or future.

Correct sentence:  If the economy fails / this year it will reflect badly / on the government.