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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

She insisted on him to apologise before the entire gathering at once.

The furniture in all the rooms were damaged during the heavy storm.

He admitted to have made a mistake while preparing the final report.

The captain, along with his players, was felicitated at the ceremony.

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Correct Answer :

Option D

The captain, along with his players, was felicitated at the ceremony.

Solution :

The correct sentence with no grammatical or contextual error is: "The captain, along with his players, was felicitated at the ceremony."

Step-by-step grammatical analysis of all options:

1. "She insisted on him to apologise before the entire gathering at once."
Error: The verb "insist" takes the preposition "on" followed by a gerund (verb + -ing) and an objective pronoun, or a standard "that" clause (e.g., insisted that he apologise). The correct phrasing using "on" is "insisted on his/him apologising" rather than "on him to apologise".
Corrected form: "She insisted on his apologising before the entire gathering at once." or "She insisted that he apologise..."

2. "The furniture in all the rooms were damaged during the heavy storm."
Error: "Furniture" is an uncountable noun and always takes a singular verb. The subject here is "The furniture" (not "rooms"), so the auxiliary verb should be the singular "was", not the plural "were".
Corrected form: "The furniture in all the rooms was damaged during the heavy storm."

3. "He admitted to have made a mistake while preparing the final report."
Error: The phrase "admitted to" should be followed by a gerund ("making" or "having made"). Using the infinitive structure "to have made" directly after "admitted" is grammatically incorrect.
Corrected form: "He admitted to having made a mistake while preparing the final report." or "He admitted to making a mistake..."

4. "The captain, along with his players, was felicitated at the ceremony."
Correct: According to subject-verb agreement rules, when two subjects are connected by phrases like "along with", "together with", or "as well as", the verb agrees with the primary/first subject. Here, the main subject is "The captain" (singular), so the singular verb "was felicitated" is grammatically correct.