Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, mark (E) as your answer

Of the forty-five students (A)/ in the institute, (B)/ as much as twenty managed (C)/ to score excellent marks. (D)/ No error (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. 'As much as' is used to express quantity, whereas 'as many as' is used to express the number. So, in this sentence, 'as much as' should be replaced by 'as many as'.