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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 and mark (1), (2) or (3) as your answer. If there is No error, mark (4) as your answer.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. One of the terrorists
    2. of the Kashmir valley
    3. are shot dead.
    4. No error
Correct Option: C

was will replace are because –
when a Plural Noun is placed with a real Singular Subject (one, each, etc.) with of, the Verb will be Singular.
Look at the examples given below :
One of the boys is ill.
Each of the girls is clever.
Hence, was shot dead is the right usage.



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