Direction : The following sentence three possible substitutes are given for the underlined part. If one of them is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer-Sheet against the corresponding letter (A), (B) or (C). If none of the substitutes improves the sentence, indicate (D) as your response on the Answer-Sheet.

He said angrily: I will not do it. It is someone else job, not my job!

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BPSC AE Paper 1 (General English) 10 Nov 2022 Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is 'else's job, not mine!'.

Key Points

The underlined phrase should use the possessive form "else's" to indicate ownership.
Additionally, "mine" is the correct possessive pronoun to use instead of "my job."
The correct phrase should be "someone else's job, not mine," ensuring grammatical correctness and clarity.
Thus, Option 2 correctly replaces the underlined part with "else's job, not mine!"

Correct Sentence: "He said angrily: I will not do it. It is someone else's job, not mine!"

Additional Information

The rest of the original sentence – This part of the sentence is grammatically correct and does not require any changes.
No improvement – This would be the correct option if there were no mistakes in the sentence, but there is an error that is correctly addressed by Option 2.