Identify the segment in the sentence. Which contain the grammatical error.
A new research study has shown that long before they took up a strict vegetarian diet, the much loved pandas was a meat-eater.

Options

A. has shown
B. that long before
C. was a meat-eater
D. took up

Answer

C

Explanation

According to the "Subject-Verb Agreement rule", a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. In the given question, “Pandas. is a plural subject and will take .were as a plural verb. Hence, .were meat-eaters will be answer.