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In the following questions, few sentences are given. Choose and mark the sentence which contains no grammatical or contextual error in it. If all the sentences are grammatically and contextually incorrect, mark "All are incorrect" option as the answer choice.

Options

A

He has completed his training and joined the department since April.

B

Either the clerk or the officers is responsible for this serious error.

C

She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values.

D

The jury have announced its verdict after three days of deliberation.

E

All are incorrect.

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Correct Answer :

Option C

She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values.

Solution :

Correct Option: She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values.


Detailed Explanation:


Let's analyze each sentence to determine why the designated option is grammatically correct while the others contain errors:


1. "He has completed his training and joined the department since April."
Grammar Rule / Error: The phrase "since April" indicates an action or state continuing up to the present or linked with present perfect tense, but specific completed past actions like "joined" require a past simple tense, or the sentence should be rephrased without mixing conflicting tense structures with "since". For example: "He completed his training and joined the department in April." Thus, this sentence is grammatically incorrect.


2. "Either the clerk or the officers is responsible for this serious error."
Grammar Rule / Error: When subjects are joined by "either... or", the verb must agree with the subject closest to it. Here, "officers" is plural and closest to the verb, so it requires the plural verb "are" instead of "is". The correct sentence is: "Either the clerk or the officers are responsible for this serious error."


3. "She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values."
Grammar Rule / Correctness: The construction "would rather... than..." takes base form verbs (bare infinitives) on both sides ("resign" and "compromise"). This sentence follows standard parallelism and grammar rules perfectly and contains no grammatical or contextual errors.


4. "The jury have announced its verdict after three days of deliberation."
Grammar Rule / Error: There is a pronoun/verb disagreement with the collective noun "jury". If "jury" is treated as a single unified body (suggested by the singular pronoun "its"), it takes the singular verb "has" ("The jury has announced its verdict"). If treated as individual members using the plural verb "have", it must take the plural pronoun "their". Mixing "have" with "its" is incorrect.


Therefore, the sentence containing no error is: "She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values."

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