The Olympic Games reflects the highest spirit of human endeavour and achievement.
- (a)The Olympic Games reflects
- (b)the highest spirit of
- (c)human endeavour and achievement.
- (d)No error
Correct — A, 'The Olympic Games reflects.' 'Games' is a plural noun, so it takes the plural verb 'reflect', not the singular 'reflects' — 'The Olympic Games reflect the highest spirit…' The faulty subject-verb agreement places the error in segment (a).
- (b)the highest spirit of — Error-free — a correctly formed prepositional phrase that introduces no error.
- (c)human endeavour and achievement. — Error-free — a well-formed compound object, correctly spelt and structured.
- (d)No error — There is an error — the plural 'Games' needs the plural verb 'reflect', not 'reflects' — so 'No error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on subject-verb agreement — 'the Olympic Games' is treated as plural ('Games'), so it takes the plural verb 'reflect'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) The scissors / (b) is kept / (c) in the top drawer. / (d) No error
- (a)The scissors
- (b)is kept
- (c)in the top drawer.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) is kept — 'scissors' is treated as plural, so it needs 'are kept'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct option: The Commonwealth Games ___ held every four years.
- (a)is
- (b)are
- (c)was
- (d)has been
Answer(b) are — 'Games' is plural and takes the plural verb 'are'.