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Direction: In the following questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is No error, your answer is (4).

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. The strain of all
    2. the difficulties and vexations and anxieties
    3. are more than he could bear.
    4. No error
Correct Option: C

was will replace are because –
the sentence is in Past Tense and the Subject (the strain) is in Singular. So, the Verb will also be in Singular, Past Tense.
Look at the examples given below :
Hence, was more than he could bear is the right usage.



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