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The Ministry has directed banks / to do away with their / separate promotion policies, a move / strongly opposed by the officers' unions.

A. The Ministry has directed banks

B. to do away with their

C. separate promotion policies, a move

D. strongly opposed by the officers' unions

E. No error

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Change, strongly opposed by the officers' unions → strongly opposed by the officers' union.

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Comments ( 4 )

  1. John John
    John John :
    2 years ago

    ......"unions" is grammatically correct. It is possible that there can be a more than one union for the officers.

  2. Raj Kumar
    Raj Kumar :
    6 years ago

    there may be more than one union of bank officers.

  3. Ashwarya Izze
    Ashwarya Izze :
    7 years ago

    I second Mr.Devendra. "The" suggests there is only a single union, so the 's' should be omitted.

  4. Devendra Kumar
    Devendra Kumar :
    7 years ago

    Officers' union

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