Identify the error: 'The wages of sin are death.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Identify the error: 'The wages of sin are death.'

A. wages

B. of

C. No error (proverb uses 'is')

D. are

Answer: Option D

Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)

The proverb is 'The wages of sin is death.' Usually, 'wages' can take plural, but the proverb is fixed with 'is'. So 'are' is an error.

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