In the following sentence,four words or phrases have been underlined. One of them is incorrect.Select the INCORRECT word or phrase from the given options.

While our most pressing priority are the millions in need of immediate support, building the resilience of the many more threatened by increasingly frequent and destructive droughts and storms is absolutely essential.

  1. Are the millions
  2. The resilience
  3. Increasingly
  4. And

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Option 1 : Are the millions

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  • The correct answer is option 1, i.e. 'Are the millions'.
  • 'The resilience' is appropriately written and 'resilience' is a noun and it is written after an article, 'the'.
  • 'increasingly' is appropriate because it is an adverb used before an adjective.
  • 'And' is also correct because it is joining a relevant part with the given sentence.
  • 'Are the millions' is not correct. The subject is 'priority' which is a singular number and that is why 'are' should be replaced with 'is'.
  • Hence option 1 is the answer.

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