SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 21

SSC GD Constable (English) - 18th November 2021 Shift 2 • English • Q21

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.

Unless you don’t / work hard, / you will fail.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Unless you don’t

  • The first part of the sentence is erroneous in nature.
  • The word 'Unless' refers to a condition not being met.
  • The word 'Until' refers to a time threshold not being crossed.
  • Thus, instead of unless, we should use until.

The correct sentence is:

Until you don’t work hard,  you will fail.