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NIVED PRAKASH NAIR from SARVODAYA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Riddhik Bose from Vibgyor High, Airoli, Mumbai
Class : Class 4

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AHANA BAG from DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL JOKA SOUTH KOLKATA, KOLKATA
Class : Class 9
the spelling of RECEIVED is wrong.

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Maitreyee from Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur
Class : Class 8
There is only one mistake in this sentence that is, the spelling mistake of emperor. I don't know what else is there.

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Owee from svm,buldhana, 443201
Class : Class 7
nope...there are two mistakes :- 1) emperor 2) received

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Ishaan Chakraborty from Don Bosco , Kasba
Class : Class 7

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Ayush Gorain from Sarala Birla Public School, Ranchi
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 8

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
There was ________ all over the building after the fire broke out.

Ahas diverted
Bhas been diverted
Cdiverts
Dwere diverting


In my opinion, none of the above options help the sentence above to be grammatically correct.The presence of the verb 'was' in the above sentence does not allow other verbs to fill in the blank. However, all of the options given are verbs, or verbal clauses.Even if 'was' was omitted from the sentence, none of the options seem to make sense. The lack of a definite subject (here, 'There' is the subject) in the sentence excludes option A, B, C, D, as 'there', as a subject, is simply used to "describe a situation" rather than "a person performing an action", or "a person on whom an action is being performed". If 'There' was replaced by a subject like 'The firefighters', or 'The people in the building', still none of the options complete the sentence. The singular verbs in option A, B, and C disagree with the plural subjects, and thus they are excluded. Option D remains the only plural verb, but the lack of a definite object excludes this option too. "The firefighters _were__diverting_ all over the building after the fire broke out." doesn't make sense. One might consider assuming a singular subject, but that doesn't make any literary sense. It is illogical to consider that only one person is in the building, or only one firefighter is there to save the people in the building. Therefore, an object must be inserted in the sentence. In my opinion, 'the people' acts as a suitable object, although there may be many other suitable objects. Thus, the question can become: "The firefighters ______ the people all over the building after the fire broke out.". If the question was framed like this, option D is obviously the most suitable answer.To make the question more sensible, replacing the adverb like 'all over the building' with an adverb like 'outside the building' is a good idea. "The firefighters ______ the people outside the building after the fire broke out." sounds more acceptable (in my opinion).In conclusion, I opine that this question (in it's original form) is inaccurate, and that none of the options fulfill the sentence suitably. I hope that this question will be rectified, or removed. If there is a fault in my explanation, I would very much like to hear about it.Thank you.

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Jai MohanKumar from Delhi Public School,Nerul, Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 9
There are 2 Duplicate options

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NIVED PRAKASH NAIR from SARVODAYA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Class : Class 8
the answer is wrong..sof, pls correct this

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Ivan Tyagi from Chirec International School , Hyderabad
Class : Class 8
what's this q man? seriously? i mean wtf

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Ananya Chopra from Ivy World School, Jalandhar
Class : Class 8

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Devyansh Gupta from MVN Aravali Hills, FARIDABAD
Class : Class 10
yup sui!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Asmi Raniga from Indian School Ghubra, Muscat
Class : Class 8
what's this q man

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Sanvi Karthik from GIIS, Bengaluru
Class : Class 8

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Anika S Kumar from Alphabets International school , Chennai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Dhriti Sahu from Kendriya Vidyalaya IIT Kanpur, Kanpur
Class : Class 7
It should be option A, rectify this immediately as it is affecting my test scores.I will also write to your grievance website if not corrected ASAP. Thank you.

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Dhwani Rautela from PSBB Learning Leadership Academy, BANGALORE
Class : Class 9
It is option A

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Anika S Kumar from Alphabets International school , Chennai
Class : Class 7
Answer is (A)

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Yashraj Namdev Deshmukh from Sahyadri English School, Loha, Nanded
Class : Class 7
A is correct

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Omi J from Aman Setu My School, Pune
Class : Class 7
(a) is correct.

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Himanshi Singh from BBPS, Gadarwara
Class : Class 9
Correct answer should be ' A '.

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Advika Narkar from The Shishukunj International School, Jhalaria Campus, Indore
Class : Class 8
Option A is the correct answer because here, we are not talking about more than one director. We are talking about only one director. As the verb must agree with the subject, so the verb will be singular (has been) and not plural (are). Therefore, Option A is the right answer as it makes sense and Option B is the incorrect answer as it renders the sentence asinine. I request SOF to kindly rectify this error immediately.

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Pujan from N.A, Singapore
Class : Class 7
option b would be correct if it was “meetings”, since it is “meeting” it should be option a

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dsantosh99 from vibgyor high marathahalli, Bengaluru
Class : Class 8
"a" is correct

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Subhang Deep Sahu from Narayana CO Kadugodi Bangalore, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
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Ailish Garg from Oberoi International School, JVLR, Mumbai
Class : Class 9
Correct answer should be 'A'

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Pujan from N.A, Singapore
Class : Class 7
a is correct

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Ronav Kerkar from Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
Class : Class 7
A

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aarav shankar from st xaviers high school, gurugram
Class : Class 7

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Vivan Ramchandani from Bombay Scottish, Mumbai
Class : Class 5
why is the answer given as b???

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Daksh Chanani from Sri Sri academy, Kolkata
Class : Class 7
a

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Iba Khan from DPS , Noida
Class : Class 8
Why not a

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Nayanika Sadhish from CL Metha Sishya OMR, Chennai
Class : Class 8
this is unfair SOF the right answer is A past eight months people have been correcting you and you still have not taken any action I have seen similar mistakes in many other worksheets.I request you to take action immediately

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RIYA D MARGHADE from TVS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA PONNERI, CHENNAI, CHENNAI
Class : Class 2
aaa

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Sudharsan R from psbb, chennai
Class : Class 7
The answer is option 'a'.

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Amishi Jain from Krishna Public School Raipur, Raipur
Class : Class 7

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Karthik Reddy Munnangi from Chirec International School, Hyderabad
Class : Class 7
The answer should be 'A'. Are cancelled does not make sense.

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Sreejani Bhaduri from National Public School, Bangalore
Class : Class 9
If I have not mistaken, option (A) fits the sentence more appropriately,

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RC from Vibgyor, Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 8
A

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Aarav Kamdar from Global Indian International School, Singapore
Class : Class 7
Option A is the correct answer

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Aarnav Grover from Anand Niketan Shilaj, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 9
it is A

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Anu Elizabeth Alexander from Sishya, Chennai
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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AADVIKA PARIDA from PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BERHAMPUR, BERHAMPUR
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 3

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SARVESH RAMESH from DPS MIS, QATAR
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

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Dhruv Shyam rao from capstone high, bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 5

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Kimaya from mlzs, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Kimaya from mlzs, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Kimaya from mlzs, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Kimaya from mlzs, Bangalore
Class : Class 3
D

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