SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 20

SSC CGL - 12 April 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q20

The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

How many / eggs were put / into the basket?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. No error.

  • There is no error in any segment of the given sentence.
  • 'Eggs' is in the plural, so is the auxiliary verb it is followed by, i.e., were.
  • Thus, everything in the given sentence is arranged correctly.

The correct sentence is:

How many eggs were put into the basket?