Question

Read the following sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/eror in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with error as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

The bank may have followed / an aggressive monetary tightening policy / but its stated aim of / curbing inflation have not been achieved.

• A. The bank may have followed
• B. an aggressive monetary tightening policy
• C. but its stated aim of
• D. curbing inflation have not been achieved.
• E. No Error

Answer 1

The correct option is D curbing inflation have not been achieved.

According to the rule of “Subject and verb agreement”,the error lies in the 4^th part of the sentence here, as the verb “have” is incorrect in which is singular in nature. The correct verb should be “has” which is used as a singular verb. So, the error lies in the 4^th part of the sentence here.