The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given four options.

When the officer was offered/ bribe, she denied it/as she was an honest employee/ no error

A.            When the officer was offered

B.            bribe, she denied it

C.            as she was an honest employee

D.            no error

Sol:

Replace ‘denied’ with ‘declined’, deny is used to refuse to accept the charges against someone, eg; he denied all the charges of theft in front of the judge, and ‘declined’ is used to refuse to take an offer/goods/presents etc. eg; she declined the gifts from his boss.