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Question 41: The debris was removed from the building site and legally disposed of.

1. were removed from the building site and legally disposed.
2. were removed from the building site and legally disposed of.
3. was removed from the building site and legally disposed.
4. No correction required

Explanatory Answer

Method of solving this CAT Question from Sentence Correction:

There are no errors in the given sentence.

When used to mean 'get rid of', 'dispose' is followed by 'of'. When not followed by 'of', 'dispose' is used in the sense of 'arrange' or 'lean toward'.

'Debris' is singular. The verb that agrees with this is 'was'.

The question is " Choose the grammatically correct option "

Hence, the answer is option D

Choice D is the correct answer.