All Categories MCQs
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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
68851
I asked Imran why he was back so soon.
Answer:
I said to Imran, “Why are you back so soon?”
Indirect WH-question “why he was back so soon” → direct: subject + verb inversion “Why are you back so soon?”**. (a)(c) wrong word order, (b) wrong pronoun “you are” without proper tense backshift.
68852
Explaining her work she said that she made films for posterity to remember. **Options:**
Answer:
Explaining her work, she said, "I make films for posterity to remember." Correct
Indirect → direct: reverse backshift and restore 1st person: she made → I make (habitual present fits “explaining her work”). Restore comma/quotes; no that** in direct speech. (a) changes to future; (b)/(c) wrongly keep 3rd person “she” inside quotes.
68853
Peter said, "He broke his glasses." **Options:**
Answer:
Peter said that he had broken his glasses.
Past reporting → backshift broke → had broken (past simple → past perfect). Insert that; keep pronoun he** (refers to the same person as in direct speech). (a) wrong tense form; (c)/(d) change aspect/meaning.
68854
Roshan said to me, "Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher". **Options:**
Answer:
Roshan told me that Sandeep had made a new year greeting card for his teacher.
said to → told (object “me” present). Insert that. made → had made** (past simple → past perfect under backshift). Option (a) misses the object and “new year”; (b) changes reporting verb/tense; (d) is ungrammatical order.
68855
The minister said, "It is tragic that the Australian bush fires have claimed the lives of so many helpless animals." **Options:**
Answer:
The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires had claimed the lives of so many helpless animals.
Reporting verb said (past) → backshift. Main copula: is → was. Perfect: have claimed → had claimed (present perfect → past perfect). Insert that**; keep clause structure. Options (b–d) mishandle aspect/tense.
68856
Rama said to me, "I need your help for my new assignment." **Options:**
Answer:
Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment. Correct
said to → told (object “me” is present). Insert that to replace comma/quotes. need → needed (present simple → past simple backshift). Pronouns: your → my, I → she**. Avoid incorrect forms (“helps”, “is needing”) and 2nd-person leakage (“your” in (c)).
68857
Hamza asked her, "How do you know that Imran has told it to him?"
Answer:
Hamza asked her how she knew that Imran had told that to him.
do you know → she knew (present → past), has told → had told** (perfect backshift). Options (a)(d) misuse “that how”; (c) fails to backshift.
68858
The traveller inquired, "Will there be a shelter for strangers?”
Answer:
… if there would be a shelter for strangers.
Will → would** in reported speech. (a) keeps “will,” (c)(d) bad word order.
68859
The storekeeper asked the guard, "Did you see the torch I kept here?"
Answer:
The storekeeper asked the guard whether he had seen the torch he had kept there.
Did see → had seen; I kept → he had kept; here → there**. (a)(b) wrong tense, (c) bad inversion.
68860
Amina asked me if I had watched the movie on television the previous night.
Answer:
Amina asked me, “Had you watched the movie on television last night?”
Past perfect in indirect → “Had …?”** in direct. (c) uses simple past, (a) wrong order, (d) ungrammatical “did … watched.”