Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

The chairman (1) of Infosys, as well as the CEO of Wipro (2) and the chairman of Satyam, (3) are (4) attending the conference. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase introduced by 'as well as' will modify the first subject (chairman of Infosys), the other two subjects are under the parenthetical effect. So, the chairman of Infosys… are attending is incorrect.

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