Directions: In the given question, the sentence has four underlined words or phrases. Identify the one underlined work or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct. Mark E for no error. Though they were written almost a year after they separated, Salim and Javed’s stories were published on the same day.

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The aim is to find the phrase which is making the given statement grammatically incorrect. The clue word in the given sentence is ‘separated’. This indicates that the subjects are distinct. Keeping this in mind one may analyze the given sentence. (A) ‘Though’ is correct. (B) ‘almost’ is correctly used. (C) Correct. Since they are not together anymore, Salim’s and Javed’s stories are also separate. Thus, both the nouns will take an apostrophe (‘s).  (D) ‘were published’ is a grammatically correct expression.  (E) There is an error in C.  So, the correct answer is C.

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<div>Though
</div>

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<div>almost</div>

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Salim and Javed’s

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were published

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<div>No error</div>

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State	2001	2006	2001	2006	2001	2006	Area (in Sq. Km)
Uttar Pradesh	1660	1731	875	911	71	70	2,38,576
Madhya Pradesh	603	674	314	360	72	71	3,08,144
Andhra Pradesh	761	823	385	417	69	68	2,75,068
Tamil Nadu	624	697	315	348	70	67	1,30,058
Orissa	368	384	186	195	73	72	1,55,707
Maharashtra	968	1013	504	527	68	66	3,07,713
West Bengal	802	865	412	446	69	68	88,752

The Correct Option is C

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