Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out 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) One must not (b) boast of (c) one’s own success. (d) No error
- AOne must not
- Bboast of
- Cone’s own success.
- DNo error
Explanation
The classic rule tested here is pronoun consistency: with the subject 'one', the possessive must be 'one's', not 'his' ('One must not boast of his own success') — which is why the source key marks (C). However, as transcribed here part (c) already reads "one's own success", which is grammatical, suggesting the source text was normalized upstream from the original paper. Key disputed: verify against the official UPSC key.