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Identify the error: (1) As soon as the Prime Minister (2) entered the Hall, (3) all the foreign delegates stand up. (4) No error.
A1
B2
C3
D4
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 3
1. Tenses must agree across the sentence.
2. Parts 1 and 2 use past tense ('entered'); part 3 uses present 'stand up', breaking sequence-of-tenses.
3. Part 3 should read 'stood up'; the error is in part 3.
_Source: KMAT Karnataka 2022 PYQ Q.19_