This question asked in [CBSE Outside Delhi Set II, 2016]
Complete the paragraph given below with the help of options that follow:
Recent heavy rains lashed Chennai throwing normal life out of gear. The city 1 . severe water logging and people wading through knee-deep water. Many Volunteers in their respective areas 2 . out the relief activities. In Annai Satya Nagar, food packets 3 . distributed to the 4 .
1.(A) seen (B) saw (C) see (D) sees
2.(A) carry (B) carrying (C) carried (D) had carried
3.(A) were (B) was (C) did (D) have
4.(A) poors (B) people (C) victims (D) needy
Answer:
(1)
- (a) seen - not used with simple past tense
- (b) saw - this is correct
- (c) see - not used with past tense
- (d) sees - not used in simple past tense.
Since the sentence is in simple past tense , ‘saw’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-saw”
(2)
- (a) carry - not used with past tense
- (b) carrying - not used with simple past tense
- (c) carried - this is correct
- (d) had carried - not used with simple past tense
Since the sentence is in simple past tense , ‘carried’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-carried”
(3)
- (a) were - this is correct
- (b) was - not used with plural
- (c) did - not relevant
- (d) have - not relevant
Since the sentence is in simple past tense, ‘were’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(a)-were”.
(4)
- (a) poors - not a word
- (b) people - victims are people affected by an adversity
- (c) victims - this is correct
- (d) needy - used when people are in a need of something
Since the sentence is talking about the people who were affected by the disaster , ‘victims’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-victims”.
Thus the correct paragraph is
Recent heavy rains lashed Chennai throwing normal life out of gear. The city saw severe water logging and people wading through knee-deep water. Many Volunteers in their respective areas carried out the relief activities. In Annai Satya Nagar, food packets were distributed to the victims .
