India's strengths are its diversity of culture and the spirit of tolerance in it's people.
- (a)India's strengths are
- (b)its diversity of culture and
- (c)the spirit of tolerance in it's people.
- (d)No error
Correct — C, 'the spirit of tolerance in it's people.' 'It's' is the contraction of 'it is'; the possessive needed here is 'its' — 'in its people.' Writing 'it's' where the possessive belongs makes segment (c) the error.
- (a)India's strengths are — Error-free — 'India's' correctly takes the possessive apostrophe, and the plural verb 'are' agrees with 'strengths'.
- (b)its diversity of culture and — Error-free — here 'its' is the correct possessive form (no apostrophe), used properly.
- (d)No error — There is an error — 'it's' (it is) is wrongly used for the possessive 'its' — so 'No error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on the its/it's distinction — 'its' is the possessive, while 'it's' is only the contraction of 'it is' (or 'it has').
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) The dog wagged / (b) it's tail / (c) as it saw its owner. / (d) No error
- (a)The dog wagged
- (b)it's tail
- (c)as it saw its owner.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) it's tail — the possessive needs 'its tail'; 'it's' means 'it is'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct option: The company increased ___ profits this year.
- (a)it's
- (b)its
- (c)its'
- (d)it is
Answer(b) its — the possessive of 'it' is 'its', written without an apostrophe.