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The following sentence is broken into four parts and two parts may contain an error in them. Find out the combination which contains an error. If the sentence is free from error, mark no error. He often travels through the world (A)/ and collects souvenirs and rare stones (B)/ from each country he visits because he believes at (C)/ the calming effect of these stones. (D)

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The following sentence is broken into four parts and two parts may contain an error in them. Find out the combination which contains an error. If the sentence is free from error, mark no error.

He often travels through the world (A)/ and collects souvenirs and rare stones (B)/ from each country he visits because he believes at (C)/ the calming effect of these stones. (D)


1). AC
2). BC
3). BD
4). AD


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The correct answer is option 1.

In part A, 'through' is incorrectly used. Instead of that, across should be used.

Further, in part C, the preposition 'at' has been wrongly used in place of 'in' i.e. the correct usage should have been 'he believes in'.

Thus both parts A and C have errors.

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