Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts (1), (2) and (3). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there is no error, indicate (4) as your answer.

  1. In the olden days

  2. people believed that

  3. the earth was stationery

  4. No error
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Error of vocabulary usage. The sentence implies that 'the earth was static, or not movable; fixed or still'. For this, we need adjective 'stationary', rather than the noun 'stationery' that means 'riting materials; specif., paper and envelopes used for letters'.

 

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