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RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2018 · Question 157 of 162

Directions: In the given sentences some words are bold which are correct except that you need to find out which part of the sentence is contextually and grammatically wrong: María Estela Pedroso, who knew the brothers, said she had tried to convince the authorities to relocate her for over a decade.

  1. AA. María Estela Pedroso, who
  2. BB. Knew the brothers,
  3. CC. Had tried to convinceCorrect
  4. DD. To relocate her for over a decade.
  5. EE. No error

Answer: C. C. Had tried to convince

Explanation

c) had been trying will be used instead of had tried past perfect tense is used in the sentence which started in the past and continued for some time in the past. In the sentence, she had been trying to convince the authorities for a decade. So it continued for some time.

Source: RBI Grade B 2018 Phase-I memory-based paper with answers and solutions (BankExamsToday compilation) · memory-based

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