Directions: In each of the questions, there are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence/s or part/s that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage and choose the answer accordingly: I. If supreme court II. decide not to uphold the latest victory III. for the incumbent, the absence of a genuine contest IV. could prove to be a critical factor.

Step-by-step solution

Sentence I: If supreme court This is erroneous with respect to omission of article ‘the’ before supreme court. Certain words like Supreme, latest etc. denotes the superlative degree of adjective and preceded by ‘the’. Correct sentence- If the supreme court Sentence II: decide not to uphold the latest victory This sentence is also having an error with respect to wrong usage of verb. As per the singular subject which is “supreme court” here, the verb should be singular here. Correc