In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘no improvement’.

The two first girls were selected for the dance competition on the basis of their annual function performance in school.

A.            Two first girls were

B.            The second one girls were

C.            The first two girls were

D.            No improvement

Sol:

When we have both cardinal ( one, two, three….) and ordinal ( first, second, third…) numbers in a sentence then ordinal comes before the cardinal, so the correct answer is option c, replace the two first with ‘the first two.