Multiple choice

Directions: The underlined portion of the following sentence has some errors. Four options are given below the sentence. Choose the correct option to replace the underlined part.

Old parents are either tucked away in some dark remote quarter or are shared around the year with other family members.

  1. and are shared round the year with other family members

  2. and are shared around the year with other members of the family

  3. or are shared round the year with other members of the family

  4. or are around the year shared with other family members
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Round' and 'members of the family' rectify the errors of 'around' and 'family members' respectively. Here, 'round the year' means 'entire year'.

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