The Principal of our school (a) / felicitated the students in (b) / the prize distribution ceremony. (c) / No error (d)
- (a)The Principal of our school
- (b)felicitated the students in
- (c)the prize distribution ceremony.
- (d)No error
Correct — D, No error. Every segment holds up. 'Principal' is the spelling for the head of a school, 'felicitated' is a transitive verb meaning to congratulate or honour formally and it takes 'the students' as its object, and a ceremony is an occasion one can act inside, so 'in the prize distribution ceremony' passes. Nothing in tense, agreement, spelling or word choice needs changing, and the key marks the sentence error-free.
- (a)The Principal of our school — Clean. The singular subject agrees with the singular past-tense verb that follows, and 'Principal' is the right member of the principal/principle pair for a school head.
- (b)felicitated the students in — Clean. 'Felicitate' means to congratulate someone formally, and it is correctly followed by its object 'the students'.
- (c)the prize distribution ceremony. — Clean. It is an ordinary noun phrase with 'prize distribution' modifying 'ceremony' — no article, number or word-order fault.
'No error' is a live option in this format. A spotting-error set plants a few sentences that are actually sound, and a preposition that merely sounds unfamiliar is not by itself a rule violation.
Most candidates who drop this mark change 'in' to 'at' in segment (b). Both are heard in real writing — 'at the ceremony' points to the occasion as a place or a moment, 'in the ceremony' treats it as an event people take part inside — and the key accepts the printed 'in'. Read a spotting-error sentence for an actual breach of a rule, not for the wording you would have chosen yourself.
- 'Felicitate' means to congratulate or honour someone formally; 'facilitate' means to make something easier — this paper's error set plays on the pair more than once.
- 'Principal' as a noun is the head of an institution; 'principle' is only a rule or a basic truth and never names a person.
- Marking a segment because a different preposition would also have worked.
- Assuming every spotting-error sentence must contain a fault somewhere.
Asked as a spotting-errors item where the intended answer is 'No error' and the bait is a preposition that only sounds unfamiliar.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error. The Governor of the state (a) / felicitated the young athletes in (b) / a function held last week. (c) / No error (d)
- (a)The Governor of the state
- (b)felicitated the young athletes in
- (c)a function held last week.
- (d)No error
Answer(d) No error — 'felicitated' takes its object correctly and 'in a function' is acceptable for an occasion one takes part in.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank. The __________ of the college addressed the parents on the annual day.
- (a)principle
- (b)principal
- (c)principled
- (d)principals
Answer(b) principal — the head of an institution is the principal; a principle is a rule.