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) Migrating elephant herds appear like (b) West Bengal so much that they spend more (c) time here than in the neighbouring states from where they cross over. (d) No error
- AMigrating elephant herds appear like
- BWest Bengal so much that they spend more
- Ctime here than in the neighbouring states from where they cross over.
- DNo error
Explanation
Part (a) contains the error. The phrase 'appear like West Bengal so much' is ungrammatical; the verb 'appear' does not collocate with 'like' in this comparative construction. The correct verb is 'like' itself ('Migrating elephant herds like West Bengal so much') or 'seem to like'. The construction 'appear like' is incorrect here. Parts (b) and (c) are grammatically acceptable. Hence the error is in part (a), making option A the answer. Cross-checked with Oswaal CDS Yearwise Solved Papers.