Question

Choose the segment with the error. If there is no error, choose option 4.

Idli and Sambar/1 make the breakfast/2 in the South./3

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4

Hint:

When two food items joined by "and" name one combined dish, the verb must be singular.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

A quick way to solve error spotting questions is to test each segment on its own by asking if it could stand as a correct short phrase.

1. Segment 1 (Idli and Sambar): this just names two food items joined by "and." On its own this phrase has no grammar issue.
2. Segment 2 (make the breakfast): read together with segment 1, the full subject "Idli and Sambar" is being treated here as a single combined breakfast dish, so it needs the singular verb "makes." The plural form "make" does not agree with a subject being used as one unit, so this segment carries the error.
3. Segment 3 (in the South): this is a simple place phrase and pairs fine with the rest of the sentence.

Since segment 2 has the subject-verb mismatch and the other two segments are clean, the error is in segment 2.

Let's summarize:

• Idli and Sambar here means one dish, so it takes a singular verb
• "make" should be "makes"
• segments 1 and 3 have no error

So option 2 is the answer.