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Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 30)
Spotting Errors
Directions to Solve

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

30.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Most of the members at the meeting felt
that the group appointed for investigating the case
were not competent to do the job efficiently.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
was not competent to do the job efficiently
Discussion:
36 comments Page 1 of 4.
Gowtham Vishaanth said:   4 years ago
I don't get it. Please explain in detail.
Kiran said:   6 years ago
It should be AT THE MEETING not IN THE MEETING as the meaning of the sentence was a group of people was at a particular place which means meeting, So it should be AT THE MEETING.

And WAS NOT COMPETENT is correct word as they are mentioning it as GROUP and not people or persons, so GROUP here is a singular entity, SO WAS used instead of WERE.
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Mansi said:   7 years ago
Shouldn't it also be "most of the people in the meeting" and "group was incompetent'? Please tell me.
Rohit kumar said:   8 years ago
Why not option B) "that the groups appointed for investigating the case"?
James said:   8 years ago
Were sounds more efficient than was.
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Kappu said:   8 years ago
I think most of the is not correct but many of the members is correct because members are countable.
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PRIYANKA said:   8 years ago
Case is singular so was is correct.
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Aadesh said:   8 years ago
I think the correct answer should be B because group appointed is a past participles which is a passive form.

And in passive form it should have been written like group being appointed.

Also were should be replaced by was.
Ravi kumar said:   8 years ago
No, as the group is a singular collective noun, so were should be replaced with was.
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Sindhur said:   8 years ago
I think 'is' is the right anwer for this question.
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