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
79291
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.
79292
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.
79293
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.
79294
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.”
79295
Zoya asked me, "Why did you keep this smartphone in the bin?"
Answer:
Zoya asked me why I had kept that smartphone in the bin.
Past interrogative did keep → had kept; this → that**. (a)(c) wrong aspects, (b) no backshift.
79296
Experts said that several steps were being taken to promote foreign trade as it constituted 45% of the country’s economy.
Answer:
Experts said, “Several steps are being taken … as it constitutes …”
were being taken → are being taken (reverse backshift), and general fact constitutes** stays present. Other options distort tense or meaning.
79297
Ayaan said that he had been to Goa the previous year also.
Answer:
Ayaan said, “I had been to Goa the previous year also.”
had been** stays in past perfect when reversed; “previous year” matches indirect. (c) mixes “have been” with last year, (d) awkward tense.
79298
The doctor advised Fatima to put the eye drops into her eyes four times a day from the next day.
Answer:
The doctor advised Fatima, “From tomorrow put the eye drops into your eyes four times a day.”
Indirect imperative → direct as “Put …” with from tomorrow**. (a) awkward tense, (c) “advises” incorrect, (d) wrong pronoun “her.”
79299
The minister said, “It is tragic that the Australian bush fires have claimed the lives of so many helpless animals.”
Answer:
The minister said that it was tragic that the Australian bush fires had claimed the lives of so many helpless animals.
is → was, have claimed → had claimed** under backshift. (b) simple past weakens aspect, (c) progressive doesn’t match, (d) wrong continuous form.
79300
Mariam said to me, "I need your help for my new assignment."
Answer:
Mariam told me that she needed my help for her new assignment.
“said to” → “told + object”; present → past (need → needed**); pronouns shift: “your → my,” “my → her.” Other options misuse tense/pronouns.