Q1. [1]
Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the line given below : In earlier times, public libraries plays an important role in the lives of the people.
- (A) error: role / correction: roles
- (B) error: of / correction: in
- (C) error: in / correction: of
- (D) error: plays / correction: played
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Model Answer
(D) error: plays / correction: played
Explanation
"In earlier times" signals past tense, so the verb must be played (simple past), not plays (simple present). Subject-verb agreement is not the issue here; tense is.
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