NDA (II) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 32 of 150

Correct — A, (a). The words 'one of' must be followed by a plural, so the singular demonstrative 'that' is wrong and the segment should read 'Rahim was one of those'. The corrected sentence is 'Rahim was one of those selected for the award.'

• (b)(b) — 'Selected for' is a reduced relative clause standing for 'who were selected for', and it is correctly formed.
• (c)(c) — 'The award' is a straightforward noun phrase completing 'selected for', and there is nothing in it to correct.
• (d)No error — The first segment does contain a mistake, because 'one of' cannot be followed by the singular 'that', so no error is not available.

A spotting-errors item on the rule that 'one of' picks a single member out of a group, so whatever follows it must be plural.

The demonstrative also has to agree in number, and 'that' is singular while 'those' is plural, so the group word after 'one of' must be 'those'. The rest of the sentence carries no other fault, which is why the answer is the first segment and not a later one.

• 'One of' is always followed by a plural noun or pronoun, as in one of those or one of the students.
• 'This' and 'that' are singular, while 'these' and 'those' are plural.

• Reading 'one of that' as acceptable because the sentence is short and otherwise plain.
• Looking for the error in the last segment out of habit.

Asked as a spotting-errors item — identify the segment carrying the mistake, or mark no error.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which part contains the error? 'He is one of (a) / the best player (b) / in the team. (c)'

  • (a)(a)
  • (b)(b)
  • (c)(c)
  • (d)No error

  Answer(b) — 'player' should be 'players', since 'one of the' takes a plural noun.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which part contains the error? 'This are (a) / the books (b) / I ordered. (c)'

  • (a)(a)
  • (b)(b)
  • (c)(c)
  • (d)No error

  Answer(a) — 'This are' should be 'These are', to agree with the plural 'books'.