Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have an error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from errors, select 'No error' as your answer.

After all of Rahul's (A)/ childhood injuries she'd healed, (B)/ she couldn't be able to (C)/ fix her own heart! (D)/ No error (E)/

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IBPS PO Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held On: 16 October 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 'C' i.e. this part of the sentence has an error.

Key Points

In the given sentence, the use of the phrase 'be able to' in part 'C' is not required or superfluous.
The words ''can, could, be able to'' are used to talk about ability, awareness, and possibility and also to say that someone has permission to do something.
Both 'can' and 'could' are followed by an infinitive (here, fix) without 'to'.
- Example: It was so dark you could not see anything.
Therefore, the phrase 'be able to' should be removed from the sentence.

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Correct Sentence: After all of Rahul's childhood injuries she'd healed, she couldn't fix her own heart!