The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
The man / is a / social animal.

Correct option is B

Option (b) contains an error.
Explanation: The phrase “The man is a social animal” is a misquote of the well-known general truth: “ Man is a social animal.” When making generalizations about humanity, we do not use the article “The” before "man."
Correct sentence: Man is a social animal.
Grammatical rule used: Articles are not used before general nouns representing the whole of a class/species.
Example: Man is mortal. (Not “The man is mortal” unless referring to a specific person)
�� Information Booster: For universal truths, generic references don’t take “the” before singular countable nouns like “man,” “woman,” “life,” etc.