India is a country of linguistic / and cultural diversity with / multiple ethnic and social groups. / No error
- (a)India is a country of linguistic
- (b)and cultural diversity with
- (c)multiple ethnic and social groups.
- (d)No error
Correct — D, No error. The sentence is grammatically sound throughout — 'a country of linguistic and cultural diversity' is a correct noun phrase, and 'with multiple ethnic and social groups' modifies it properly — so no segment needs correcting.
- (a)India is a country of linguistic — Error-free — 'linguistic' pairs with 'cultural' in the next segment to form 'linguistic and cultural diversity'.
- (b)and cultural diversity with — Error-free — completes the noun phrase and links to the describing phrase that follows.
- (c)multiple ethnic and social groups. — Error-free — a correctly formed plural noun phrase.
An error-spotting item in which every segment is grammatically correct, so the right response is 'No error'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) India has a rich / (b) heritage of art / (c) and architecture. / (d) No error
- (a)India has a rich
- (b)heritage of art
- (c)and architecture.
- (d)No error
Answer(d) No error — the sentence is grammatically correct throughout.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The phrase 'cultural diversity' most nearly means —
- (a)uniformity of customs
- (b)a variety of cultures and traditions
- (c)absence of any culture
- (d)political unity
Answer(b) a variety of cultures and traditions — 'diversity' means variety, here of cultures.