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The first Indians settled in Uganda, when the Imperial British East Africa Company extracted the first 350 men primaraly from the Punjab regio
Question

In the question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate if any. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark ‘All correct’ as the answer.


The first Indians settled in Uganda, when the Imperial British East Africa Company extracted the first 350 men primaraly from the Punjab region.

A.

settled

B.

extracted

C.

primaraly

D.

region

E.

All are correct

Correct option is C

Correct Answer: (c) primaraly

Given Sentence

The first Indians settled in Uganda, when the Imperial British East Africa Company extracted the first 350 men primaraly from the Punjab region.

Identification of Error

The error lies in word (C): primaraly.

Explanation (Word-wise Analysis)

Option (A): settled

Status: Correct

Meaning (English):
Established residence in a place.

Meaning (Hindi):
बसना, निवास करना

Why correct:
The sentence talks about Indians establishing residence in Uganda, so settled is contextually appropriate.

Option (B): extracted

Status: Correct

Meaning (English):
Removed or taken out, often with effort or authority.

Meaning (Hindi):
निकालना, हटाना

Why correct:
Historically, labourers were recruited/removed from India by the company. While “recruited” could also fit, extracted is contextually acceptable here.

Option (C): primaraly

Status: Incorrect

Why incorrect:
The word is misspelt.

Correct spelling:
primarily

Meaning (English):
Mainly; chiefly.

Meaning (Hindi):
मुख्य रूप से

Option (D): region

Status: Correct

Meaning (English):
A specific geographical area.

Meaning (Hindi):
क्षेत्र

Why correct:
Punjab is correctly referred to as a region.

Option (E): All are correct

Status: Incorrect
Because option (C) contains a spelling error.

Final Conclusion

The incorrectly spelt word is primaraly.

Correct Answer: (c)

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