Multiple choice

Directions: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, might be in one parts of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E).

These three writers, (A)/Manto, Krishna Chander (B)/and Bedi, lifting (C)/the Urdu short story to its most sophisticated level (D). No error. (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'lifting' is a present participle being used as if it were a finite verb, which is grammatically incorrect. The sentence requires a finite verb in past tense to convey that these writers 'lifted' (elevated) Urdu short stories to a sophisticated level. Present participles cannot serve as main verbs without auxiliary verbs.

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