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Kiran Book Common Errors Solution

Directions for questions (15 to 18): In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is ‘No error’.
[SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO & PA/SA Exam, 2015]

15. Scientist now hope that cloning can successfully be conducted in human beings in the near future.
(a) No error
(b) Can successfully be conducted in
(c) Human beings in the near future
(d) Scientist now hope that cloning

Explanation: ‘Believe’ means to be convinced that something is true. Therefore, ‘scientists (plural) now hope or believe…’ should be used here. Plural subject agrees with plural verb.
Hence, the correct option is (d).