Question Paper from: IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016

How people do (a)/ to earn their bread (b)/ is dependent largely on (c)/ the locality where they live. (d)/ No error (e).

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Chapter Name: Spotting Error

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Here an interrogative pronoun is required as the object to the verb ‘do’ so ‘what’ should be used because ‘how’ is not a pronoun. For example, what you have said is not true.

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