Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are numbered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (5), i.e. ‘All correct’ as your answer.

Dinosaurs were a diverse group of animals that (1) were dominant terrestrial (2) vertebrates for over (3) 160 millions years. (4) All correct. (5)

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct word should be '160 million years'. When we are talking about an exact number, we do not add an 's' at the end. Millions (of…) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it.  

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