Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Paridhi knew she still had to buy the groceries, pick up dry-cleaning and prepare the presentation for the next day's meeting.
आपने शायद यह सोचाWhat you probably thought'still' के बीच में आने से 'she still had to buy' अटपटा प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'had to' + 'buy' उचित है और सूची का pattern निर्धारित करता है; यहाँ कोई त्रुटि नहीं।'she still had to buy' looked odd with 'still' placed inside. But 'had to' + 'buy' is correct and sets the pattern for the list; nothing is wrong here.
आपने शायद यह सोचाWhat you probably thought'the groceries' की तरह 'pick up dry-cleaning' में 'the' की कमी प्रतीत हुई। परंतु 'dry-cleaning' यहाँ uncountable (अगणनीय) है और उसे article की आवश्यकता नहीं।'pick up dry-cleaning' looked as if it needed 'the' like 'the groceries'. But 'dry-cleaning' is uncountable here and needs no article.
आपने शायद यह सोचाWhat you probably thought'and prepare' में अपना 'to' न होने से अनुचित प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'had to' तीनों verbs पर लागू होता है, इसलिए 'buy, pick up and prepare' parallel और उचित हैं।'and prepare' looked wrong without its own 'to'. But 'had to' governs all three verbs, so 'buy, pick up and prepare' are parallel and correct.
Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation
Answer: (D) No error
had to के बाद तीनों क्रियाएँ buy, pick up और prepare base form में हैं, अतः सूची संतुलित (balanced) है।
Concept: एक के बाद एक आने वाली verbs का same form होता है (parallelism)।
✓
The sentence is correct as it stands.
Segment (b) भ्रामक है, क्योंकि उसमें 'the' नहीं है, परंतु 'dry-cleaning' uncountable (अगणनीय) है और उसे article की आवश्यकता नहीं होती।
सरल अर्थ: वाक्य जैसा है, वैसा ही सही है।
After had to, the three actions buy, pick up and prepare are all in the same base form, so the list is balanced.
Concept: Verbs in a row take the same form (parallelism).
✓
The sentence is correct as it stands.
Segment (b) is tempting because it has no 'the', but 'dry-cleaning' is uncountable and needs no article.
बाकी Options उत्तर क्यों नहीं हैंWhy the other options are not the answer
A'still' के बीच में आने से 'she still had to buy' अटपटा प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'had to' + 'buy' उचित है और सूची का pattern निर्धारित करता है; यहाँ कोई त्रुटि नहीं।'she still had to buy' looked odd with 'still' placed inside. But 'had to' + 'buy' is correct and sets the pattern for the list; nothing is wrong here.
B'the groceries' की तरह 'pick up dry-cleaning' में 'the' की कमी प्रतीत हुई। परंतु 'dry-cleaning' यहाँ uncountable (अगणनीय) है और उसे article की आवश्यकता नहीं।'pick up dry-cleaning' looked as if it needed 'the' like 'the groceries'. But 'dry-cleaning' is uncountable here and needs no article.
C'and prepare' में अपना 'to' न होने से अनुचित प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'had to' तीनों verbs पर लागू होता है, इसलिए 'buy, pick up and prepare' parallel और उचित हैं।'and prepare' looked wrong without its own 'to'. But 'had to' governs all three verbs, so 'buy, pick up and prepare' are parallel and correct.
Source: CDS I 2026। Solution: Prashant Sir, Ramban।Source: CDS I 2026. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Ramban.