Columbus made his first voyage from Europe to America on 1492.
- (a)Columbus made his
- (b)first voyage from Europe to America
- (c)on 1492.
- (d)No Error
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, 'on 1492.' A year takes the preposition 'in', not 'on' — 'in 1492'. The preposition 'on' is used for specific dates and days of the week (on 12 October, on Monday), so pairing it with a bare year makes segment (c) the error.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Columbus made his — Error-free — subject and verb are correctly formed, with the right possessive 'his'.
- (b)first voyage from Europe to America — Error-free — 'from … to …' correctly marks the start and end points of the voyage.
- (d)No Error — There is an error — a year needs 'in', not 'on' — so 'No Error' is not the answer.
Concept
This is an error-spotting item on prepositions of time — use 'in' with years and months, 'on' with dates and days, and 'at' with clock times.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) India became / (b) independent / (c) on 1947. / (d) No error
- (a)India became
- (b)independent
- (c)on 1947.
- (d)No error
Answer(c) on 1947 — a year takes 'in', so it should read 'in 1947'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct preposition: The Second World War ended ___ 1945.
- (a)on
- (b)at
- (c)in
- (d)by
Answer(c) in — years take the preposition 'in'.