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Direction: In the following questions some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. The servant
    2. hanged the lamp
    3. on the wall.
    4. No error.
Correct Option: B

hung will replace hanged because –
(1) hang (1) (Verb) : to attach to a wall
(2) hang (2) (Verb) : to die as a result of hanging
hang (1) (Present) hung (Past) hung (Past Participle)
hang (2) (Present) hanged (Past) and hanged (Past Participle)
Look at the examples given below :
He hung the hat on a peg. [hang (1)]
He committed suicide by hanging himself. [hang (2)]
Hence, hung the lamp is the right usage



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