SSC Steno 202610 Sep 2026Shift ISubject-Verb Agreement

Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The psychological bareness of her narrative precludes any embellishment, yet render the structure more profoundly intimate.

Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation

Answer: (C) precludes any embellishment, yet render

दोनों verbs का subject bareness (सादगी) है; दूसरा verb yet के बाद आता है।
'yet' से जुड़े verbs का subject वही रहता है, इसलिए दोनों उसी से agree करते हैं: bareness precludes ... yet renders।
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The psychological bareness of her narrative precludes any embellishment, yet renders the structure more profoundly intimate.
'of her narrative' केवल एक वर्णन वाला phrase है और subject को नहीं बदलता।
सरल अर्थ: उसकी कथा की मनोवैज्ञानिक सादगी किसी भी अलंकरण की गुंजाइश नहीं छोड़ती, फिर भी वह संरचना को और गहराई से आत्मीय बना देती है।
Both verbs share the subject bareness; the second one follows yet.
Verbs joined by 'yet' keep the same subject, so both agree with it: bareness precludes ... yet renders.
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The psychological bareness of her narrative precludes any embellishment, yet renders the structure more profoundly intimate.
'of her narrative' is a describing phrase and does not change the subject.

बाकी Options उत्तर क्यों नहीं हैंWhy the other options are not the answer

A'The psychological bareness' में 'barenesses' आवश्यक प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु भाववाचक संज्ञा एकवचन है; त्रुटि 'yet' के बाद की क्रिया 'render' में है।'The psychological bareness' looked like it needed 'barenesses'. But the abstract noun is singular; the error is the verb 'render' after 'yet'.
B'of her narrative' क्रिया के पास बहुवचन-सा पदबंध है, अतः 'precludes' को 'preclude' करना चाहिए प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु कर्ता 'bareness' है, इसलिए 'precludes' शुद्ध है।'of her narrative' is a plural-looking phrase near the verb, so it seemed to push 'precludes' to 'preclude'. But the subject is 'bareness', so 'precludes' is right.
D'the structure more profoundly intimate.' में 'profound' आवश्यक प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'profoundly' विशेषण 'intimate' को modify करता है; त्रुटि 'render' में है।'the structure more profoundly intimate.' looked like it needed 'profound'. But 'profoundly' modifies the adjective 'intimate'; the error is 'render'.

Source: SSC Steno 2026 · 10 Sep 2026 · Shift I। Solution: Prashant Sir, Ramban।Source: SSC Steno 2026 · 10 Sep 2026 · Shift I. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Ramban.