UPSC EPFO EO/AO 2023 · Question 8

Question 8 of the UPSC EPFO EO/AO Recruitment Test 2023 (General Ability Test) (2 July 2023). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. EO/AO 2023 · Q8 · General English · Grammar & Usage

   Find the part of the sentence that contains an error. If there is no error, choose "No error". The group of students on a visit to Srinagar circumnavigated around the Dal Lake.

   1. The group of students
   2. on a visit to Srinagar
   3. circumnavigated around the Dal Lake.
   4. No error
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   Answer: (3) circumnavigated around the Dal Lake.

   The error is in part (3). To circumnavigate means to sail, fly or travel all the way around something (Latin circum, around, and navigare, to sail), so "circumnavigated around" is a redundancy, like "return back" or "revert back". The correct sentence is "The group of students on a visit to Srinagar circumnavigated the Dal Lake" (or "went around the Dal Lake"). Parts (1) and (2) are correct: "The group of students" is the subject, and "on a visit to Srinagar" describes it.

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