Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
(a) Of the many problems that confront the leaders of the world (b) none are of grave consequence (c) than the problem of saving the normal human race from extinction. (d) No error.
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d)
Explanation
The sentence compares degrees of consequence using 'than', which demands the comparative adjective 'graver', not the positive 'grave': the correct form is 'none are of graver consequence than'. The positive form 'of grave consequence' cannot pair with 'than'. Parts (a) and (c) are structurally fine. Hence the error is in (b).