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
79351
I asked him if it had never occurred to him that he was in the wrong profession.
Answer:
I said to him, "Have it never occurred to you that he is in the wrong profession?"
** **Reverse backshift:** **had never occurred → has never occurred**; **he was → you are**. (a) **Have it** wrong; (b) "the wrong profession" missing _in_, and pronoun issue; (c) uses **does…occur** (habitual), not equivalent. ---
79352
Saaransh said he had solved the crossword the previous day.
Answer:
Saaransh said, "I have solved the crossword the previous day."
** **Indirect (past perfect + previous day) → Direct**: **had solved → solved**, **the previous day → yesterday**, pronoun **he→I**. (a) wrong tense/time word. (b)(d) wrong person/grammar. ---
79353
The Principal says, "Hard work is the key to success"
Answer:
The Principal say that Hard work is the key to success.
** **Present reporting → no backshift**; keep universal truth in **present**. (a) **say** with singular subject is wrong. (b)(c) wrongly backshift **is→was**. ---
79354
She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.
Answer:
She said to her brother, "I am going to meet my friend."
** **Reverse backshift:** **was going → am going**; pronouns revert **she→I**, **her friend→my friend**. Others have tense/person mistakes. ---
79355
The doctor asked her what medicine she had taken then.
Answer:
… "What medicine you are taking now?"
** **Indirect → Direct (WH)**: **had taken → have taken** (reverse backshift), **then → now**. (b)(c)(d) have order/tense/grammar errors. ---
79356
The boy requested his mother to give him a mango.
Answer:
The boy said to his mother, "Will you give me a mango?"
** **Indirect request → Direct with "please"** matches best. (a) is a question, not a request form; (c) changes speaker; (d) is a command. ---
79357
My neighbour said to me, "Hello! How are you?"
Answer:
My neighbour said hello and asked how were I.
** Greeting + **reported WH-question**: **How are you? → how I was** (backshift and statement order). (a)(d) wrong inversion; (b) keeps **are you**. ---
79358
The supervisor said to the worker, "How long have you been working for this company?"
Answer:
… asked … that how long you had been …
** **WH-question reporting**: **present perfect continuous → past perfect continuous**; **this → that**. (a) "that how" is wrong + pronoun **you**. (b) inversion after "asked" is wrong in reported clause. (c) **being** error. ---
79359
He asked me if I would like to learn French.
Answer:
He said to me, "Do you like to learn French?"
** **Indirect (polite offer) → Direct**: **would you like…?** Options (a)(c)(d) alter meaning/person or use wrong structure. ---
79360
The librarian said to her, "You can borrow only two books at a time."
Answer:
… told her that they could borrow …
** **Said to → told**; **can → could** (backshift); **you → she**. (a) wrong **they**; (b)(d) wrong pronouns/tense. ---