Identify the incorrect sentence.
Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation
Answer: (A) All of the cities in California can to be affected by the rain yesterday.
modal ‘can’ के बाद ‘to’ नहीं आता। बीते समय की संभावना ‘could have been + V3’ से व्यक्त होती है। चूँकि ‘yesterday’ अतीत का संकेत देता है, इसलिए ‘could have been affected’ आवश्यक है।
✓ शुद्ध वाक्य: All of the cities in California could have been affected by the rain yesterday.
▸ विकल्प (b) — अतीत की passive ‘were rescued’ सही है।
▸ विकल्प (c) — ‘Half of’ के बाद बहुवचन संज्ञा आने पर बहुवचन verb ‘are’ आता है, और ‘have eaten’ भी सही है।
▸ विकल्प (d) — ‘Each’ के साथ एकवचन संज्ञा ‘packet’ आती है, और बहुवचन संज्ञा के साथ ‘a number of’ भी सही है।
Concept (past modals): the modal ‘can’ is not followed by ‘to’. A past possibility is shown by ‘could have been + V3’. Because ‘yesterday’ refers to the past, the form ‘could have been affected’ is required.
✓ Correct sentence: All of the cities in California could have been affected by the rain yesterday.
▸ (b) Seven people were rescued from the fire yesterday. The past passive ‘were rescued’ is correct.
▸ (c) Half of the boxes are empty… ‘Half of’ followed by a plural noun takes the plural verb ‘are’, and ‘have eaten’ is also correct.
▸ (d) Each packet can have a variable number of chocolates. ‘Each’ takes a singular noun, ‘packet’, and ‘a number of’ with a plural noun is also correct.
Source: SSC Stenographer 2026 · 9 Sep 2026 · Shift II। Solution: Prashant Sir, Ramban।Source: SSC Stenographer 2026 · 9 Sep 2026 · Shift II. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Ramban.