UPSC NDA I 2016 General Ability Solved Paper

Concept:The verb "understand" is a non-continuous verb and cannot be used in progressive tenses like "-ing" forms.Explanation:The error is in part (a): "she was understanding".The verb "understand" belongs to a group called non-continuous or stative verbs.These verbs describe states, feelings, or mental processes, not ongoing actions.Common examples include: want, need, know, believe, belong, and understand.Using the "-ing" form (understanding) is grammatically incorrect in standard English.The correct past continuous should be "she understood" (simple past) or "she was understanding" is not allowed.In the given sentence, the intended meaning is that she understood his point of view very well.So the correct form is: "She said that she understood his point of view very well."Therefore, the mistake occurs in part (a) of the sentence.Answer:Option A (part a) contains the error.