Verbal Ability Test Questions


Q.  The sentence below is divided into three parts. Identify where the error lies. If there is no error, select the option ‘no error’.

Several people got on a bus and left to Ramgarh.


a. Several people
b. got on a bus and
c. left to Ramgarh
d. no error


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