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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.

Ans 1:

Viaan Shah from P e s Modern Scholl, Pune
Class : Class 8
Yes please correct it sof

Ans 2:

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

Ans 5:

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

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

Ans 7:

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

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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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Shivangi Shivu Singh from Pawar Public School Chandivali , Mumbai
Class : Class 8
What is this??Correct it SOF

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

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

Ans 2:

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

Ans 3:

Yashraj Namdev Deshmukh from Sahyadri English School, Loha, Nanded
Class : Class 8
A is correct

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RIYA D MARGHADE from TVS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA PONNERI, CHENNAI, CHENNAI
Class : Class 4
aaa

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Punya Paras Sundrani from Anand Niketan , Ahmedabad
Class : Class 7
answer is a this website is dump just making fake websites

Ans 6:

Pujan from N.A, Singapore
Class : Class 9
a is correct

Ans 7:

RC from Vibgyor, Navi Mumbai
Class : Class 10
A

Ans 8:

Punya Paras Sundrani from Anand Niketan , Ahmedabad
Class : Class 7

Ans 9:

Vivan Ramchandani from Bombay Scottish, Mumbai
Class : Class 7
why is the answer given as b???

Ans 10:

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

Ans 11:

Jai Ranjan from Next school , Mumbai
Class : Class 8
IT IS OPTION AAAA

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A Mohammed Yusuf from national acadamy central school , ramnathapuram
Class : Class 7
a

Ans 13:

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

Ans 14:

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.

Ans 15:

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

Ans 16:

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

Ans 17:

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

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Daksh Chanani from Sri Sri academy, Kolkata
Class : Class 8
a

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Sreejani Bhaduri from National Public School, Bangalore
Class : Class 10
If I have not mistaken, option (A) fits the sentence more appropriately,

Ans 20:

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

Ans 21:

Subhang Deep Sahu from Narayana CO Kadugodi Bangalore, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
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Ans 22:

Nayanika Sadhish from CL Metha Sishya OMR, Chennai
Class : Class 10
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

Ans 23:

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

Ans 24:

Arv Joshipura from AIS, Ahmedabad
Class : Class 7
The ans is A

Ans 25:

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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Amishi Jain from Krishna Public School Raipur, Raipur
Class : Class 8

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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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Pujan from N.A, Singapore
Class : Class 9
option b would be correct if it was “meetings”, since it is “meeting” it should be option a

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aarav shankar from st xaviers high school, gurugram
Class : Class 8

Ans 30:

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

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AVYAAN JAIN from SPRING DALE SENIOR SCHOOL, AMRITSAR
Class : Class 8
it cannot be option b since a single meeting is being talked about, so it should be option a, I think there is some error in the answer key

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Ailish Garg from Oberoi International School, JVLR, Mumbai
Class : Class 9
Correct answer should be '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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Kimaya from mlzs, Bangalore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 6

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Kimaya from mlzs, Bangalore
Class : Class 3
B

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