Question:
Instructions: A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error.
(a) The house was silent when we got back,
(b) save for some poor creature who was
(c) screaming away in one of the distant ward,
(d) and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room.
Instructions: A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error.
(a) The house was silent when we got back,
(b) save for some poor creature who was
(c) screaming away in one of the distant ward,
(d) and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room.
(a) The house was silent when we got back,
(b) save for some poor creature who was
(c) screaming away in one of the distant ward,
(d) and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room.
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'One of the' is always followed by a plural noun, check 'ward' against this rule.
Updated On: Jul 16, 2026
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The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
This question tests number agreement, whether a noun should be singular or plural, in the context of the phrase surrounding it.
- (a): "The house was silent when we got back," is a grammatically complete opening clause. No error.
- (b): "save for some poor creature who was" correctly sets up the exception, "save for" meaning "except for," followed by a relative clause "who was," leading into what the creature was doing. No error.
- (c): This is the error. "screaming away in one of the distant ward," uses the singular noun "ward," but the construction "one of the distant ___" always requires a plural noun after it, because "one of" implies selecting from a group of more than one. It should read "one of the distant wards."
- (d): "and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room" is grammatically sound and completes the description of the eerie sounds in the house.
The corrected sentence reads: "...screaming away in one of the distant wards, and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room." Since the singular/plural mismatch occurs in part (c), option C is correct.
Let's summarize:
- The pattern "one of the + adjective + noun" always takes a PLURAL noun, because you are picking one item out of several, remember phrases like "one of the best students," "one of the tallest buildings."
- Watch specifically for singular nouns tucked right after "one of the," this is one of the most repeated error types in these sentence-part questions.
Reading the phrase "one of the distant ward" aloud usually sounds off immediately once you focus on it, trust that instinct and verify with the grammar rule.
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