Verified past-paper data not yet uploaded
No verified paper has been uploaded for AJKPSC-PMS Paper English Literature 2026 MCQs yet.
The MCQs below are drawn from the English Literature subject category.
Showing 2121–2130
of 9671 MCQs
Page 213 / 968
2121
“It is a fact that kids model parental behaviour,” said the researcher.
A. The researcher said that it is a fact that kids model parental behaviour.
B. … has said … have modeled …
C. … has been saying …
D. The researcher says that it is a fact …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Reporting said + general fact → keep present is/model (no backshift for universal truths). (d) changes reporting verb to says**.
2122
Peter said, "He broke his glasses."
A. Peter said that he had broken his glasses.
B. … is going to break …
C. … is breaking …
D. … he break …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Past simple broke → past perfect had broken** under backshift.
2123
The lion asked the lioness, "Where will you hide yourself, until I return?”
A. … whether she would …
B. … where she will … he returns.
C. … where would she …
D. The lion asked the lioness where she would hide herself, until he returned.
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
WH-question → asked + where + clause (no inversion); will → would; I return → he returned** (pronoun & tense shift).
2124
I said to Kirti, "These plants will take about two months to flower."
A. … will be taking …
B. … these plants will take …
C. I told Kirti that those plants would take about two months to flower.
D. … those plants take …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
these → those; will → would** (backshift).
2125
Mother said to Avika, "Finish these sums before you go to the park."
A. … those … goes …
B. Mother told Avika to finish those sums before she went to the park.
C. … these … you go …
D. … those … was going …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Imperative → told + object + to + V1; these → those; subordinate time clause often backshifts in reported instructions: you go → she went**.
2126
Mother said to Kavya, "Switch off the light before you go to sleep."
A. … before you go …
B. … before she is going …
C. Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before she goes to sleep.
D. … before she went …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Imperative → told + object + to + V1. In time clauses for general instructions, present simple (_goes_) is natural; pronouns shift (you → she**). (d) past is acceptable in some keys, but (c) best matches habitual/forward-looking instruction.
2127
Ravina asked her little brother, “Where are you going to play?”
A. Ravina asked her little brother where he was going to play.
B. … said to …
C. … where he would like to go …
D. … where will he be going …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
WH-question reporting with are going → was going**; statement order (no inversion).
2128
Rama said to me, "I need your help for my new assignment."
A. … says … needs …
B. … (direct again)
C. … was needing …
D. Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment.
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Said to → told, need → needed (backshift); your → my; my → her**.
2129
Roopa said to me, "Please accompany me to the market."
A. … said please …
B. … that you must accompany …
C. Roopa requested me to accompany her to the market.
D. … is requesting …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
“Please” imperative → requested + object + to-infinitive; me → her**.
2130
The manager said, “I want you to attend the conference.”
A. The manager said that she wanted me to attend the conference.
B. … she want …
C. … told to me I am to go …
D. … I am wanting you …
Discuss
Save
Correct Option
Explanation
Statement → said that + clause; want → wanted (backshift); pronouns adjusted (you → me**).
