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India mainly depends on (A)/wheat for its daily meals (B)/ despite of many other kinds (C)/ of cereal available globally. (D)

Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The corresponding letter of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, then choose option ‘No error’ as the answer response. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

Options

A

B

B

C

C

D

D

A

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Correct Answer :

Option B

C

Solution :

To identify the grammatical error in the given sentence, let's analyze it part by part:
1. Part (A): "India mainly depends on" - This part is grammatically correct. The subject "India" is singular, and it correctly takes the singular verb "depends", followed by the appropriate preposition "on".
2. Part (B): "wheat for its daily meals" - This part is grammatically correct. "Wheat" is the object of the preposition "on", and "its" correctly refers back to "India".
3. Part (C): "despite of many other kinds" - This part contains a grammatical error. The preposition "despite" should not be followed by "of". We can either use "despite" alone (e.g., "despite many other kinds") or use the phrase "in spite of" (e.g., "in spite of many other kinds"). Using "despite of" is a redundant and incorrect construction.
4. Part (D): "of cereal available globally." - This part is grammatically correct, completing the noun phrase and modifying the kinds of food available.

Therefore, the error lies in part (C) due to the incorrect usage of "despite of" instead of "despite" or "in spite of".

Hence, the correct option representing the erroneous part is C.

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