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Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
Those most affected by the decision (1)/ appears to be those (2)/ who were never consulted (3)/ during the drafting of the policy. (4)

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SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 Paper 1 Question Paper (19-Jan-2026)
The correct answer is

2

Error in Sentence Part 2

The sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error.

The subject of the sentence is the plural pronoun "Those".

The verb used is "appears", which is singular.

A plural subject requires a plural verb. The correct verb form should be "appear".

Therefore, the error is located in part (2).

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