The guidance from the mentors (a) / and teachers facilitated the (b) / smooth conduct of elections to the Students’ council. (c) / No error (d)
- (a)The guidance from the mentors
- (b)and teachers facilitated the
- (c)smooth conduct of elections to the Students’ council.
- (d)No error
Correct — C, 'smooth conduct of elections to the Students’ council.' The name of a particular body is a proper noun and takes capitals throughout, so the segment should read 'the Students’ Council'. As printed, the name is half-capitalised, with 'Students’' given its capital and 'council' left in lower case.
- (a)The guidance from the mentors — Error-free. 'The guidance from the mentors' is a correct noun phrase with its prepositional modifier.
- (b)and teachers facilitated the — Error-free. The singular subject 'guidance' agrees with 'facilitated', and 'the' correctly begins the object phrase that the next segment completes.
- (d)No error — There is an error — the name of the body is written with a lower-case 'council' — so 'No error' is not the answer.
Capitalisation is part of correct written English, and every word belonging to the name of a specific body is capitalised.
This is the hardest segment in the block because nothing in it is ungrammatical. Its fault is one of capitalisation rather than of syntax, so it reads cleanly aloud and is easy to pass over. When every segment sounds right, check spelling, capitals and punctuation before settling on 'No error'.
- 'Elections to' a body is the standard phrasing, as in elections to the Lok Sabha.
- A plural noun already ending in -s takes only an apostrophe for the possessive, giving Students’.
- Marking 'No error' because every segment is grammatically sound.
- Looking only for a verb or article slip and overlooking capitals.
Asked as a spotting-errors item — name the segment that contains the error, or mark 'No error'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error. The meeting of the (a) / united nations security council (b) / was held in New York. (c) / No error (d)
- (a)The meeting of the
- (b)united nations security council
- (c)was held in New York.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) united nations security council — the name of a specific body needs capitals, giving 'United Nations Security Council'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correctly capitalised option.
- (a)the reserve bank of India
- (b)the Reserve Bank of india
- (c)the Reserve Bank of India
- (d)The reserve Bank of india
Answer(c) the Reserve Bank of India — every word of an institution's name is capitalised.