All Categories MCQs
Topic Notes: All Categories
General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
68751
The Principal said to them that he did not want to see anyone return with a complaint against them.
Answer:
The Principal said to them, “I do not want to see anyone return with a complaint against you.”
Reverse to direct: do not want to see + object + bare verb (return); them → you** addressing the students. Others contain tense/verb-form errors (“wanted,” “to returns,” “to saw”) or pronoun issues.
68752
Zainab told her friends, “We are going to Tirupati next week.”
Answer:
Zainab told her friends that they were going to Tirupati the following week.
Present continuous (future plan) → past continuous; next week → the following week; we → they** from speaker’s group to reported form. (a) keeps “will”; (b) syntax/tense errors; (c) wrong pronoun “we”.
68753
Farhan said, “I am very busy this week.”
Answer:
Farhan said that he was very busy that week.
Present simple → past simple (_am → was_) with this week → that week**. (a)(b) wrong pronoun/ deixis; (d) subject-verb error.
68754
Mariam told me, “I’ve been waiting for you since 4 pm.”
Answer:
Mariam told me that she had been waiting for me since 4 pm.
Present perfect continuous → past perfect continuous (_have been waiting → had been waiting_). Keep since**-time intact. (b) wrong future; (c) wrong pronoun; (d) “said me” is ungrammatical and wrong tense.
68755
Aamir said, “I am making biryani today.”
Answer:
Aamir said that he was making biryani on that day.
Present continuous → past continuous (_am making → was making_); today → that day**. (a) wrongly shifts to simple past; (b) adds future progressive; (c) keeps present despite past reporting.
68756
Nadia said, “I’m being dropped to office today.”
Answer:
Nadia said that she was being dropped to office that day.
Present continuous passive (_am being dropped_) backshifts to past continuous passive (_was being dropped_) after a past reporting verb; today → that day** (deictic shift). (a) modal “should” changes meaning; (d) simple past passive misstates aspect; (b) wrong pronoun/tense mix.
68757
"Do you attend the film festival at Goa every year?" he asked.
Answer:
He asked me if I attended the film festival at Goa every year.
Yes/No → if; habitual present in direct → past in indirect with past reporting; you → I**.
68758
**Nabeel** asked her, "How do you know that **Rahim** has told it to him?"
Answer:
Nabeel asked her how she knew that Rahim had told that to him.
WH-how; do you know → she knew (backshift & pronoun); has told → had told** (perfect → past perfect).
68759
**Sajid** asked his mother, "Has it been snowing all night?"
Answer:
Sajid asked his mother if it had been snowing all night.
Yes/No → if; has been snowing → had been snowing** (present perfect continuous → past perfect continuous).
68760
**Sumaiya** asked me, "Why did you keep this smart phone in the bin?"
Answer:
Sumaiya asked me why I had kept that smart phone in the bin. Correct
WH-why; did keep → had kept (past → past perfect); this → that**; assertive order.