Question

The station was a hive bustling activity; the arrival of the train was the most important event of the day in that remote place.
Choose the option that indicates the error in the sentence.
(a) Hive
(b) Activity
(c) Most important
(d) In
(e) No error

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and try to understand what it wants to convey. Now go through the options, and check how each one of them is placed in the sentence. The option Which makes the sentence grammatically incorrect is the right answer.

Complete answer:
The given sentence conveys that ‘the station was a hive bustling activity' and ‘the arrival of the train was an important event for that remote area'. We have to find out errors in this sentence. The sentence is making complete meaning and the words are also used correctly.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer:
Option ‘a’ is Hive. It is a noun which means a place in which people are busily occupied. It cannot be the correct answer to this question as it is correctly used in the right part of the sentence.
Option ‘b’ is Activity. It is a noun which means a condition in which things are being done or are happening. It cannot be the correct answer as well because it is correctly placed.
Option ‘c’ is Most important. The sentence states that ‘the arrival' of the train is the ‘most important event of the day' because it is occurring in a ‘remote place'. This is also an incorrect option because it is correctly used.
Option ‘d’ is In. It is a preposition which is correctly placed in the sentence.
Option ‘e’ is No error. We will choose this option if the given sentence is correct and has no errors. Hence, it is the correct answer.

Option ‘d’ is the correct answer.

Note: The name “preposition” indicates that a preposition (usually) comes before something (its object). Eg: I put it in the box. But even when a preposition does not come before its object, it is still closely related to its object. Eg: Who did you talk to? / I talked to Jane.