In the following question, there is a sentence which is divided into four parts. Choose the fragment that carries an error (if any). Ignore punctuation errors if any.

In a sense, we are being pushed back / to a 1984-like scenario / when scare-mongering / became the base for vote-gathering.

In a sense we are being pushed back

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to a 1984-1ike scenario

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when scare-mongering

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became the base for vote-gathering.

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No error

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The correct option is D
became the base for vote-gathering.

The 4th section carries the incorrect idiom ‘base for vote-gathering.’ It should be corrected to 'basis for vote gathering'.

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In the following question, there is a sentence which is divided into four parts. Choose the fragment that carries an error (if any). Ignore punctuation errors if any. In a sense, we are being pushed back / to a 1984-like scenario / when scare-mongering / became the base for vote-gathering.

The correct option is D became the base for vote-gathering. The 4th section carries the incorrect idiom ‘base for vote-gathering.’ It should be corrected to 'basis for vote gathering'.

In the following question, there is a sentence which is divided into four parts. Choose the fragment that carries an error (if any). Ignore punctuation errors if any.

In a sense, we are being pushed back / to a 1984-like scenario / when scare-mongering / became the base for vote-gathering.

The correct option is D
became the base for vote-gathering.

The 4th section carries the incorrect idiom ‘base for vote-gathering.’ It should be corrected to 'basis for vote gathering'.