Concept:Subject-verb agreement: a singular subject requires a singular verb form.
Explanation:The subject is “The news”.
“News” is an uncountable noun and is always treated as singular.
Therefore, the verb must be singular (“is”) and not plural (“are”).
The error is in part (c) of the sentence, where “are” is used incorrectly.
The corrected sentence should read: “The news regarding the earthquake survivors is very disturbing.”
Parts (a) and (b) are grammatically correct.
Answer:Option C (part c contains the error).