The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Uttar Pradesh / accounts for about 16 per cent / of the / country population.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e country population.
Error Type: Use of article (“the”) before a singular noun phrase.
Explanation:
The phrase “country population” is grammatically incorrect because the noun population needs a possessive form to show belonging. The correct phrase should be “the country’s population” (possessive case) or “the population of the country.”
Correction:
Uttar Pradesh accounts for about 16 per cent of the country’s population.
Final Sentence:
Uttar Pradesh accounts for about 16 per cent of the country’s population.
Conclusion:
The error is in “country population” — it should be “country’s population.”