Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below is underlined or has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

The Britishers ruled India for two and a half centuries.

  1. for two and a half centuries

  2. for two and a half century

  3. for two centuries and a half

  4. for two century and a half century

  5. since two century and a half
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The option rectifies the error of misplaced noun. When ‘a half’ or ‘a quarter’ follows a numeral adjective, the noun is put after the first numeral adjective.

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