Question 1521
A part of the sentence may or may not have an error. Find out which part has an error and mark that part as your answer. If there are no errors, mark 'No error' as your answer. In view of worldwide Ebola virus outbreak the chief / (A) minister of Assam decided / (B) not to participate in public programms./ (C) No error/ (D)
Answer
B
Why?
The error lies in part (B) of the sentence. Replace ‘decided’ with ‘ decides’ To express a pre planned action – PRESENT INDFINITE TENSE’ is used Here in the given sentence , the tense is PAST INDEFINITE, hence replac ‘DECIDED’ with ‘DECIDES’ Correct sentence-‘ In view of worldwide Ebola virus outbreak the chief minister of Assam decides not to participate in public programms.’
