Question

Identify the error in the sentence-
(A)The census of the island (B) revealed a population of (C) only 10,000 (D) people.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) No error

Answer 1

Hint: To identify any error in any given sentence one must check all the parts of speech correctly placed and all the punctuation marks correctly used.

Complete answer:
While checking for errors in any sentence, one must read the entire sentence, examine each choice individually, check verbs and pronouns first (since they are most likely to include errors). The given sentence is – The census of the island revealed a population of only 10,000 people.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is A – The census. This part of the sentence is correctly placed and grammatically correct. It has no errors in it.
Option ‘b’ is B – revealed. This part of the sentence also is correctly placed with no grammatical errors.
Option ‘c’ is C – only. It is talking about the population in the given sentence, which is completely error-free and correct.
Option ‘d’ is D – people. This option is an incorrect option because there are no grammatical errors and the sentence completely errors free.
Option ‘e’ is No error. As we can see that the given sentence is completely correct and there are no errors, we can assume that this is the correct option.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. The given sentence has no grammatical errors and is completely correct. So, the correct answer is “Option e”.

Note:
Even if you read the given sentence in one go and find no errors, you should still check all the given options in order to be sure.