Once considered ninth planet of the solar system, Pluto is today listed as the largest dwarf planet of the solar system.
- (a)Once considered ninth planet of the solar system,
- (b)Pluto is today listed as the
- (c)largest dwarf planet of the solar system.
- (d)No error
Correct — A, 'Once considered ninth planet of the solar system.' An ordinal such as 'ninth planet' needs the definite article 'the' before it — 'the ninth planet of the solar system.' The missing article makes segment (a) the error.
- (b)Pluto is today listed as the — Error-free — a correctly formed clause, with the article 'the' properly placed before the descriptor that follows.
- (c)largest dwarf planet of the solar system. — Grammatically error-free — the phrase is correctly built; this error-spotting item tests grammar, not the astronomical claim the sentence makes.
- (d)No error — There is an error — 'ninth planet' is missing the definite article 'the' — so 'No error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on article usage — an ordinal number ('ninth', 'the third') normally needs the definite article 'the' before the noun it modifies.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) Mount Everest is / (b) highest peak / (c) in the world. / (d) No error
- (a)Mount Everest is
- (b)highest peak
- (c)in the world.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) highest peak — a superlative needs the definite article: 'the highest peak'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct option: Kanchenjunga is ___ third highest mountain in the world.
- (a)a
- (b)the
- (c)an
- (d)no article
Answer(b) the — an ordinal ('third highest') takes the definite article 'the'.