Question

The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied

Incorrect  Correct

Word   Word

In India working women leads a life leads lead

1. of dual responsibilities if they were married (a) ........  ........

2. and have the family. In the          (b) ........  ........

3. West more women are hard-headed         (c) ........  ........

4. careerists and are committing to      (d) ........  ........

5. their jobs. Here at India women ;      (e) ........  ........

6. still have tradition roles to play      (f) ........  ......​

Answer 1

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Solution

In part [a], the use of the preposition 'in' is incorrect as the subject 'I' is going to pick the motorbike and not riding it. So, 'to' would be the correct replacement of 'in'.

In part [b], the use of the pronoun 'he' is incorrect as the sentence is in first person 'I' and not third person 'he'. Also, the passage has only a single character and that is 'I'. So, "I" should be the correct replacement of 'he'.

In part [c], the use of 'about' is incorrect. "About" should be replaced with 'for' as we 'search for something' and not 'search about something'.

In part [d], 'and' is incorrect. The correct replacement for 'and' would be 'but'. The use of 'but' helps explain the situation more clearly that even though a bank employee helped search for the key; the key was still not found.