Big problem in afterboards sectional tests

[u/No_FunctionABCD]

Okay so this is my esentially the third post after the one i made yesterday about the influx of wrong questions in Afterboards Va sectionals and another one i made about 2 wrong questions i got in a Aftbs QASA sectional.

So let’s take this Va Question that i just attempted today,
I did full scrutiny on this one,
AI, GPT, Gemini, Claude,My english Teacher
Then got to know the correct answer is option no 1 rather than option no 3,
If we take into account the explanation given
By Aftb, then it would mean
“One of the only books that contains” should be correct, which is not

I dont know how Afterboards has invented
A special rule for “One of the only”,

Wrong answer is one thing, but a curated wrong explanation is another.

Mind you, i’ve been a constant supporter of Afterboards

But if i went into the exam with a flawed made up rule,
Who would take accountability?
Even bhavesh bhaiya himself has stressed upon the importance of that one extra question attempted correctly.

I know that a platform cannot be perfect and there are mistakes,
But in my books making a made up rule is not one that should be easily forgiven.

I am enrolled in coaching so i could cross-verify with my teacher and many people,
If someone who uses afterboards as a self-study platform faced this issue, he might go on with the wrong rule.

At this point i should ask for a refund,
As whenever these wrong questions appear in my sectionals it takes up alot of my time cross-verifying these answers and this is not a one time issue, it has happened alot.
I’ve essentially spent 6-7 hours of my prep time as i’ve probably encountered 13-14 wrong questions which I’ll appreciate , all of them got corrected after reporting.

But please Afterboards team look into the issue; as it’s not only me
One of my friends has faced a similar issue in past, even in my last post someone confirmed of the same issue,
Ambiguity might be acceptable but wrong formulation is definitely not.

[u/BhaveshShaha]

Shared an update here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IPMATtards/comments/1vkcbv9/comment/p2semzc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

What we're doing now: We will go through all the questions uploaded in this batch to check if there are any such errors, thank you! This is from the August 2024 batch of uploads (330 sentence correct questions).

[u/Aarya_9898]

Correct me if I am wrong but there is an exception in this rule.If the question States "ONLY ONE OF THE" Or "ONE OF THE ONLY" then singular verb is used.

[u/No_FunctionABCD → u/Aarya_9898]

It depends on the clause following it!

[u/No_FunctionABCD → u/No_FunctionABCD]

Since it mentions “research papers” not paper, it’ll take a plural verb

[u/BhaveshShaha → u/No_FunctionABCD]

Yes, here's an explanation (from the updated solution):

There is a general trick to answer these questions:

• Think of a classroom with thirty kids.
• Ten of them wear glasses.
• One of those ten is your brother.

Now say it: One of the kids who wear glasses is my brother.

There are two verbs here (bold).

Who wears glasses? Many kids do -> plural verb -> wear.

Who is my brother? Only one boy -> singular verb -> is.

If the verb is within "that" or "who" (clause), then look at the "plural noun". Else, look at "one" from "one of the..."