Consider the following sentences: (A) The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the king's brother Tonsin. (B) The last couple of weeks have seen a sudden spurt in political interest in population control in two BJP -ruled states, Assam and UP, which has aroused speculate about the motives. Which of the following is the correct observation about the above two sentences?

The correct answer is ' (A) is ambiguous and (B) is grammatically incorrect '. Key Points An ambiguous sentence has two or more possible meanings within a single sentence or sequence of words. This can confuse the reader and make the meaning of the sentence unclear. Sentence ( A ) is ambiguous. ​ Upon reading the sentence, there are two possibilities of the party's involved in the war- English King Harold Godwinson vs Norwegian King Harald Hardrada and the Norwegian king's brother Tonsin . English King Harold Godwinson vs Norwegian King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tonsin . Correct sentence : The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English/Norwegian king's brother Tonsin. Sentence (B) is grammatically incorrect . 'which has aroused speculate ' should be replaced with 'which has aroused speculation '. We need the object of the verb ' aroused ' and a noun/pronoun can act as an object. 'Speculate' is a verb and 'speculation' is a noun . Correct sentence : The last couple of weeks have seen a sudden spurt in political interest in population control in two BJP -ruled states, Assam and UP, which has aroused speculation about the motives. ​ Therefore, the correct answer is option 1 ).