Multiple choice

Directions: Four parts of the sentences given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (E).

Because of (A) its vast tracts of (B) virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has (C) one of the lowest population (D) density in the world. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

When comparing one thing to others using 'one of the...', the noun that follows must be plural. 'Population density' is what's being compared, so it should be 'one of the lowest population densities' (plural). The singular 'density' is incorrect.

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