Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options.

The government employees (A)/ went doors to doors in a (B)/ village to fetch some data. (C)/ No error (D)

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

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : B
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The correct answer is B

Key Points

  • If a preposition comes after a noun and the same noun gets repeated, the noun will always be in a singular form.
    For example:
    • Shirts after shirts were sold in quick succession.false (2)
    • Shirt after shirt was sold in quick succession.right (1)


Hence the correct sentence is: The government employees went door to door in a village to fetch some data.

Additional Information

  • Let's look at the meaning of the vocabulary given in the sentence:
    Fetch- to go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.
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