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Directions: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. According to the survey (A) / more of forty per cent (B) / of Indians do not (C) / have access to banks. (D) / No error (E)

Options

  1. AAccording to the survey
  2. Bmore of fourty per cent
  3. Cof Indians do not
  4. Dhave access to banks

Correct answer

B. more of fourty per cent

Step-by-step solution

Under the context, the phrase 'more of' must be replaced with the prepositional phrase 'more than', which means 'over', to make it a grammatically correct sentence. Hence, option B is correct.

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