Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose any one of the others.

When British Empire partitioned the Bengal into its two administrative units for the purpose of greater efficiency, it overlooked the language and religious groupings within the area.

  1. When British Empire partitioned the Bengal into its two administrative units

  2. When British Empire partitioned the Bengal area into two administrative units

  3. When the British Empire partitioned the Bengal into two administrative units

  4. When British Empire partitioned Bengal into two administrative units

  5. When the British Empire partitioned Bengal into two administrative units
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E Correct answer
Explanation

 

Explanation for (5): The usage of article, ‘the’ before Bengal is incorrect. We do not use ‘the’ before proper nouns. But we do use article before adjectives followed by nouns. This option corrects both the errors.

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