Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the four options given for each question

Neither the king nor his ministers desires war

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Neither king nor his ministers desires war

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Solution

The correct option is C
Neither the king nor his ministers desire war

Because we are talking about a particular king we should use 'the king'. Moreover the verb should be consistent with the noun after 'nor'. The noun ministers (plural) takes the verb because it is near to the verb, hence desire

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