Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select No error'.

At night, lying sleepless, he considered/ sending messengers besides the country, / secretly, in search of his friend.

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  1. secretly, in search of his friend.
  2. At night, lying sleepless, he considered
  3. sending messengers besides the country,
  4. No error

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Option 3 : sending messengers besides the country,
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The correct answer is "sending messengers besides the country."

Key Points

  • The phrase "besides the country" is incorrect.
    •  "Besides" means "in addition to" or "apart from"  which does not fit the context of the sentence.(अलावा) 
  • It should be "outside" the country.
    • ​"Outside" means the outer part of something. (बाहर)
  • As, the subject thought of sending the messengers outside the country to search his friend.
  • The sentence should read:
    • "At night, lying sleepless, he considered sending messengers outside the country, secretly, in search of his friend."

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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