RBI Assistant Prelims practice question
Identify the error in the following sentence and select the option with the correct use of the phrasal verb. The police inspector was trying to give out the contradicting stories in the scene of the accident.
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Correct answer: (C) The police inspector was trying to sort out the contradicting stories in the scene of the accident
The police inspector was trying to sort out the contradicting stories in the scene of the accident. The phrasal verb ‘sort out’ means to understand something such as a reason or solution by thinking. The given sentence talks about understanding the contradictory stories. Hence, the sentence given in option (c) uses the correct phrasal verb.
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