Direction:Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b), and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d). (a) Rabindranath Tagore, (b) a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem (c) found Shantiniketan (d) No error.
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Identify the Grammatical Error: Rabindranath Tagore Sentence
The question asks us to identify the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. The sentence is about Rabindranath Tagore, a significant figure in Indian history and literature. Let's examine each underlined part carefully.
Analyzing Each Part of the Sentence
The sentence is: (a) Rabindranath Tagore, (b) a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem (c) found Shantiniketan (d) No error.
Let's break down each section:
- (a) Rabindranath Tagore,: This is the subject of the sentence, a proper noun. The comma after it suggests that the following phrase is an appositive, providing additional information about Rabindranath Tagore. This part appears grammatically correct.
- (b) a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem: This phrase acts as an appositive, renaming or clarifying the subject, Rabindranath Tagore. It describes two key achievements of Rabindranath Tagore: being a Nobel laureate and authoring the national anthem. The structure and noun phrases used here are grammatically correct in this context.
- (c) found Shantiniketan: This part contains the main verb describing Rabindranath Tagore's action related to Shantiniketan. The word "found" can be the simple past tense of two different verbs:
- "find" (to discover something): past tense is "found".
- "found" (to establish or create something): past tense is "founded".
In the context of Rabindranath Tagore and Shantiniketan, the intended meaning is that he established or created Shantiniketan, which was originally an ashram and later grew into a university (Visva-Bharati). Therefore, the verb meaning "to establish" is required here. The simple past tense of the verb "to found" (meaning to establish) is "founded".
Using "found" (the past tense of "find") incorrectly suggests that he discovered Shantiniketan, which is not the intended meaning. The correct verb form to indicate the establishment of Shantiniketan by Rabindranath Tagore is "founded".
- (d) No error: This option would be chosen if parts (a), (b), and (c) were all grammatically correct. Since we identified an error in part (c), this option is incorrect.
Identifying the Error
Based on the analysis, the error lies in part (c). The verb "found" should be "founded" to correctly express the idea that Rabindranath Tagore established Shantiniketan.
The corrected sentence part would be: "founded Shantiniketan".
The corrected sentence would read: "Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem, founded Shantiniketan."
Summary of Error Analysis
| Part | Phrase | Analysis | Error? |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Rabindranath Tagore, | Proper noun subject, followed by a comma for appositive. | No |
| (b) | a Nobel laureate and the author of the national anthem | Appositive phrase describing Rabindranath Tagore. Grammatically correct. | No |
| (c) | found Shantiniketan | Incorrect verb tense/form. "Found" (past of find) used instead of "founded" (past of found, meaning establish). | Yes |
| (d) | No error | Incorrect as there is an error in (c). | No |
The error is in part (c).
Revision Table: Verb Forms
| Base Form | Meaning | Simple Past Tense | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| find | to discover or locate something | found | found |
| found | to establish or create (an institution, city, etc.) | founded | founded |
Additional Information: Rabindranath Tagore and Shantiniketan
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913). He composed the national anthems of both India ('Jana Gana Mana') and Bangladesh ('Amar Shonar Bangla').
Shantiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India. It was originally an ashram (hermitage) built by Rabindranath Tagore's father, Debendranath Tagore, in 1863. Rabindranath Tagore expanded it into a centre for learning and arts. In 1921, he established Visva-Bharati University at Shantiniketan, based on his philosophy of education.
This historical context confirms that Rabindranath Tagore established Shantiniketan as a centre of learning, making "founded" the correct verb in the sentence.
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