In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The professor said to Suraj, "Who were you waiting for?"
A) The professor asked Suraj who he was waiting for.
B) The professor asked Suraj who he had been waiting for.
C) The professor inquired with Suraj who he was waiting for.
D) The professor asked Suraj who he has been waiting for.
A) The professor asked Suraj who he was waiting for.
B) The professor asked Suraj who he had been waiting for.
C) The professor inquired with Suraj who he was waiting for.
D) The professor asked Suraj who he has been waiting for.
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: B) The professor asked Suraj who he had been waiting for.
Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.
All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The English language is ___________ complex in character that it can scarcely be learned by rule, and can __________ be mastered by the study of such idioms and phrases as are provided in this book; but just as care must be taken to place every accent or stress _________ the proper syllable in the ______________ of every word it contains, so must the stress or emphasis be placed on the proper word in ___________ sentence spoken.