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
79301
Bilal said, "I have finally cleared my exams with distinction!"
Answer:
Bilal exclaimed that he had finally cleared his exams with distinction.
Present perfect → past perfect under backshift (have cleared → had cleared**). The exclamatory tone requires “exclaimed.” (a) wrong agreement, (b) keeps present perfect, (c) drops “finally.”
79302
The foreigner said to the farmer, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest hotel?”
Answer:
The foreigner enquired of the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel.
Polite Yes/No question → enquired/asked of + object + if; can → could (backshift); pronouns shift appropriately (you → he, me → him). Verbs like told/suggested/exclaimed** don’t fit question reporting. **
79303
“It is a fact that kids model parental behaviour,” said the researcher.
Answer:
The researcher said that it is a fact that kids model parental behaviour.
Reporting said + general fact → keep present is/model (no backshift for universal truths). (d) changes reporting verb to says**.
79304
Peter said, "He broke his glasses."
Answer:
Peter said that he had broken his glasses.
Past simple broke → past perfect had broken** under backshift.
79305
The lion asked the lioness, "Where will you hide yourself, until I return?”
Answer:
The lion asked the lioness where she would hide herself, until he returned.
WH-question → asked + where + clause (no inversion); will → would; I return → he returned** (pronoun & tense shift).
79306
I said to Kirti, "These plants will take about two months to flower."
Answer:
I told Kirti that those plants would take about two months to flower.
these → those; will → would** (backshift).
79307
Mother said to Avika, "Finish these sums before you go to the park."
Answer:
Mother told Avika to finish those sums before she went to the park.
Imperative → told + object + to + V1; these → those; subordinate time clause often backshifts in reported instructions: you go → she went**.
79308
Mother said to Kavya, "Switch off the light before you go to sleep."
Answer:
Mother told Kavya to switch off the light before she goes to sleep.
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.
79309
Ravina asked her little brother, “Where are you going to play?”
Answer:
Ravina asked her little brother where he was going to play.
WH-question reporting with are going → was going**; statement order (no inversion).
79310
Rama said to me, "I need your help for my new assignment."
Answer:
Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment.
Said to → told, need → needed (backshift); your → my; my → her**.