The importance of trade in Mughal times reinforced the cultural definition of wealth as something comprising of movable property.
- (a)The importance of trade in Mughal times reinforced
- (b)the cultural definition of wealth as something
- (c)comprising of movable property.
- (d)No error
Correct — C, 'comprising of movable property.'. The verb 'comprise' is never followed by 'of' — the correct forms are 'comprising movable property' or 'composed of movable property'. The redundant 'of' makes segment (c) the error.
- (a)The importance of trade in Mughal times reinforced — Error-free — a well-formed subject with the past-tense verb 'reinforced'.
- (b)the cultural definition of wealth as something — Error-free — 'definition of wealth as something' is grammatical.
- (d)No error — Cannot be chosen, because 'comprising of' in segment (c) is a genuine error.
This is an error-spotting item — 'comprise' takes a direct object, so 'comprising of' is wrong; use 'comprising' or 'composed of'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
- (a)The committee comprises of ten members.
- (b)The committee comprises ten members.
- (c)The committee is comprising of ten members.
- (d)The committee comprise of ten members.
Answer(b) The committee comprises ten members. — 'comprise' is not followed by 'of'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) The team / (b) is comprising of / (c) five experienced engineers. / (d) No error
- (a)The team
- (b)is comprising of
- (c)five experienced engineers.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) is comprising of — 'comprise' takes no 'of'; use 'comprises five...' or 'is composed of five...'.