There is a lot of information

[remi3pl]

Test No. errors/elem-10 "Tell me about Yourself", question 9

There are a lot of information on Leipzig on the internet and much of it is in English.

(a) are
(b) much
(c) is

Test No. errors/elem-10 "Tell me about Yourself", answer 9

There is a lot of information on Leipzig on the internet and much of it is in English.

Correct entry: is
The error was: (a) are

You have not found the error.
There are a lot of information on Leipzig on the internet and much of it are in English.
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why does we have "it" in this example. Is it rule for uncontable nouns?

[Alan]

It here refers to information. This noun as you know is uncountable and that is why we use the pronoun it.
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