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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Spot Error

Question:

From the given options, which sentence/sentences is/are grammatically incorrect:

(A) What are you looking at?
(B) At what are you looking?
(C) About what are you reading?
(D) What are you reading about?
(E) For whom are you searching?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(B), (C) and (E) Only

(C), (D) and (E) Only

(A), (B) and (C) Only

(A), (C) and (E) Only

Correct Answer:

(B), (C) and (E) Only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (B), (C) and (E) Only

Here's the breakdown:

  • (A) What are you looking at? - This is a grammatically correct question.
  • (B) At what are you looking? - This sentence order is incorrect. The correct word order for a wh-question with a prepositional phrase is "What are you looking at?"
  • (C) About what are you reading? - This sentence is also grammatically incorrect. Similar to (B), the correct order is "What are you reading about?"
  • (D) What are you reading about? - This sentence is correct.
  • (E) For whom are you searching? - This sentence is grammatically incorrect. The preposition "for" should be followed by a noun or pronoun in the accusative case. The correct sentence would be "Who are you searching for?"

Therefore, only sentences (B), (C), and (E) are grammatically incorrect.

 

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