What is the time in your watch?
- (a)Error in the first underlined part
- (b)Error in the second underlined part
- (c)Error in the third underlined part
- (d)No error
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, Error in the third underlined part. Time is read 'by' a watch or clock, not 'in' it, so the correct phrasing is 'What is the time by your watch?'
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Error in the first underlined part — 'What is' is grammatically correct.
- (b)Error in the second underlined part — 'the time' is correct.
- (d)No error — The sentence does contain an error — 'in your watch' should be 'by your watch'.
Concept
A preposition-usage item — time is told 'by' a watch or clock, not 'in' it.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: It is ten o'clock ____ my watch.
- (a)in
- (b)by
- (c)at
- (d)to
Answer(b) by — time is read 'by' a watch.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct sentence.
- (a)The time in my clock is wrong.
- (b)The time by my clock is wrong.
- (c)The time to my clock is wrong.
- (d)The time at my clock is wrong.
Answer(b) The time by my clock is wrong — the correct preposition is 'by'.