SSC Stenographer 2024 PYQ — Question 1

SSC Stenographer - 11/12/2024 (12:30 PM to 2:30 PM) • English • Q1

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.
Villagers / who approached the agriculture officer / are uneducated and poor.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. No error.

Let’s examine the sentence part by part:

'Villagers / who approached the agriculture officer / are uneducated and poor.'

'Villagers' – This is the subject of the sentence. Correct.

'who approached the agriculture officer' – A relative clause modifying 'villagers'.  Grammatically correct.

'are uneducated and poor' – Predicate describing the subject 'villagers'.  Correct usage of the verb 'are' with a plural subject.

The sentence is grammatically correct, and all parts are in proper structure and agreement.