Question

Both the rich along with the poor(a) are responsible for a great many vices(b) with which our society as well as country is in flicted.(c) No error(d)

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

Hint:

Do not mix “both...and” with “along with”.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The given sentence is "Both the rich along with the poor are responsible for a great many vices with which our society as well as country is in flicted. No error". We need to identify any grammatical errors in the sentence.

1. Analyzing Part (a): The phrase "Both the rich along with the poor" is the subject of the sentence. The error here is redundancy in expression. The correct usage should be "Both the rich and the poor" as "both" should be followed by "and". Using "along with" is incorrect in this context.
2. Analyzing Part (b): The phrase "are responsible for a great many vices" is grammatically correct. It correctly uses "are" which agrees with the compound subject "the rich and the poor".
3. Analyzing Part (c): The phrase "with which our society as well as country is in flicted" uses "society as well as country" which implies a singular subject. Therefore, the use of "is" is correct. However, there appears to be a typographical error in the word "in flicted", which should be "inflicted".
4. Analyzing Part (d): This option indicates there is no error. However, based on the above analysis, there is an error in part (a).

Therefore, the correct answer is part (a) where the phrase should be corrected to "Both the rich and the poor".