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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. Your answer is (4) i.e., No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. One of my desires
    2. are to become
    3. a doctor
    4. No error.
Correct Option: B

is will replace are because –
when a Plural Noun (desires) is placed with a real Singular Subject (One) with of, the Verb will be Singular.
Look at the examples given below :
One of my teachers is blind. ( )
One of my cousins are in Bangalore. (×)
Hence, is to become is the right usage.



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