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Direction: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. The various consequences of
    2. the decision taken by the
    3. finance ministry was not foreseen by the bureaucrats.
    4. No error
Correct Option: C

were will replace was because –
The various consequences (Main Subject) is in Plural.
Hence, the Verb will also be in Plural as a Verb agrees with its Subject in Number.
Singular Subject® Singular Verb (Main Verb + S)
Plural Subject® Plural Verb (Main Verb with out S)
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