Question 2153

In the question below, three statements are given which may or may not contain an error in any part of the sentence. Identify the statements containing an error and also point out the part containing the error. I) The first T20I between India and Sri Lanka(A)/ in Guwahati at Assam was poised to throw(B)/ some light on India’s team combination puzzle,(C)/ but heavy rain ensured that clarity was not readily provided. (D) II) The ICC’s cricket committee were set to(A)/ discuss the four day Test proposal in March(B)/ despite growing criticism from the world’s(C)/ leading players including India's skipper Virat Kohli. (D) III) However, member boards from England(A)/ and Australia were open to the(B)/ idea while BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly(C)/ said that “it is too early” to talk about it. (D)

Answer

II-A and I-B

Why?

Correct option: 3) II-A and I-B,- the error lies in these sentences only. I) The first T20I between India and Sri Lanka(A)/ in Guwahati at Assam was poised to throw(B)/ some light on India’s team combination puzzle,(C)/ but heavy rain ensured that clarity was not readily provided. (D) - This sentence is grammatically incorrect because of incorrect usage of prepositions, we must swap the positions of prepositions used in the above sentences , to indicate smaller places we use 'at' whereas to indicate comparatively bigger places 'in' is used. The correct sentence will be - The first T20I between India and Sri Lanka at Guwahati in Assam was poised to throw some light on India’s team combination puzzle, but heavy rain ensured that clarity was not readily provided. II) The ICC’s cricket committee were set to discuss the four day Test proposal in March despite growing criticism from the world’s leading players including India's skipper Virat Kohli.- Here 'committee' is a collective noun and collective noun takes a singular verb in the general case. So 'were' will be replaced with 'was'. Hence Option 3 is the correct answer.