SSC CPO 2022 PYQ — Question 22

SSC CPO - 11 Nov 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q22

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 helicopter of the enemies / hovered exact / over their bunker.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. hovered exact.

  • The error in the original sentence is the placement of "exact."
  • It should come after "exactly" to form a grammatically correct sentence.
  • "Exactly" is the adverb that describes how the helicopter hovered, indicating precision.

Hence, the correct phrase would be hovered exactly.