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NDA 2025 GAT · English · Spotting Errors · easy

(A) Despite of the heavy rain, (B) the parade was held (C) at the scheduled hour.

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Read the sentence in three parts, (A) to (C), and identify the part with a grammatical fault; if all parts are fine, pick 'No error'. (A) Despite of the heavy rain, (B) the parade was held (C) at the scheduled hour.
  1. A. (A)
  2. B. (B)
  3. C. (C)
  4. D. No error
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Answer: (A) (A)

'Despite' is a preposition that is never followed by 'of'; the correct forms are 'Despite the heavy rain' or 'In spite of the heavy rain'. Parts (B) and (C) are grammatically sound.
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