TANCET 2024 Solved Papers

Concept:Subject–verb agreement requires a singular subject to take a singular verb.Explanation:The subject of the sentence is "The parent company", which is a singular noun.The verb "have" is the plural form, so it does not agree with the singular subject.The correct singular verb is "has".Hence, the phrase should be written as "The parent company has given a mandate".Part B is correct because the correlative pair "either...or" is used with parallel forms "to turn around" and "face".Part C is correct as "a massive scale down" is properly used.Part D is also grammatically correct.Therefore, the error is present only in part A of the sentence.Answer:Option A — "have" must be replaced with "has".