Question 2314

The following Question has five sentences A, B, C, D, E out of which only one sentence has the error. Choose the sentence with the error and mark the corresponding option. A. According to the House Listing and Housing Census 2011, states such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal accounts for more than 72 percent of the insanitary latrines in India. B. The Government of India has adopted a two-pronged strategy of eliminating insanitary latrines through demolition and conversion into sanitary latrines and developing a comprehensive rehabilitation package for manual scavengers through a survey. C. However, while manual scavenging for many may have ended as a form of employment, the stigma and discrimination associated with it lingers on, making it difficult for former or liberated manual scavengers to secure alternate livelihoods and raising the fear that people could once again return to manual scavenging in the absence of other opportunities to support their families. D. Correctly identifying manual scavengers remains a key challenge. E. A comprehensive rehabilitation package has recently been put together that includes livelihoods and skill development, access to education for children of former manual scavengers and alternate livelihoods.

Answer

A

Why?

Sentence A has an error as there are many states mentioned so, it should be plural and we shall write 'account' and not 'accounts' which is singular. So, the correct sentence should be "According to the House Listing and Housing Census 2011, states such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal account for more than 72 percent of the insanitary latrines in India". Thus, option 1 is the correct answer.