Select the segment of the sentence that contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

I had no other option but to go A)/ for the CDS examination as B)/ I had a predilection for it. C)/ No error D)

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

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Option 1 : A
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The correct answer is Option 1) i.e A.

clipboard The adverb 'else' is followed by 'but' whereas 'rather', 'other/otherwise', are followed by 'than'.

  • For example:
    • ​The teacher would rather slap him but beat.false (2)
    • ​​​​The teacher would rather slap him than beat.right (1)
  • ​​Hence, according to the given rule, we will use 'than' instead of 'but' the 1st part.

pin In case of 'rather', the verb used after 'than' will always be the 1st form of the verb.

Correct sentence"I had no other option than to go for the CDS examination as I had a predilection for it."

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