Question

Find if there is any grammatical error in any part of the sentence below and mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, mark 5 as your answer.
Mahatma Gandhi did not solve/ all the problems of the future/ but he did solve/ problems of his own age.

• A. Mahatma Gandhi did not solve
• B. all the problems of the future
• C. but he did solve
• D. problems of his own age
• E. No error

Hint:

When a sentence has a "but" or "and" connecting two similar phrases, check if they are balanced. If the first phrase is "the [Noun] of [Time/Place]," the second phrase usually needs to follow the same "the [Noun] of..." pattern.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Concept: This question tests the rule of Parallelism and the correct use of Articles with specific noun phrases. In English, when comparing two similar ideas in a single sentence, the structure of the phrases should match to maintain balance and clarity.

Step 1: Identifying the parallel structure.
The sentence compares two sets of problems: "all the problems of the future" "problems of his own age"

Step 2: Detecting the error.
In the first part of the sentence (Part B), the definite article "the" is used before "problems" because it refers to a specific group (those of the future). To maintain grammatical parallelism and specificity, the second mention of "problems" (Part D) also requires the definite article "the" because it refers to a specific group (those of his own age). The correct phrasing should be: "...but he did solve the problems of his own age."