GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: GA-1

Question

After Rajendra Chola returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he ________ to visit the temple in Thanjavur.

• A. was wishing
• B. is wishing
• C. wished
• D. had wished

Answer 1

According to the rule : when the main clause is in the past or past perfect tense, the subordinate clause must be in the past or past perfect tense.

so option (C) is correct.

Answer 2

When the main clause is in the past or past perfect tense, the subordinate clause must be in the past or past perfect tense.

 

Comments

ok .. i got what u said .. but then D is also appropriate if we follow rule what u said above??

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Your answer is correct but examples are wrong I think. For speeches you should use direct or indirect speech.

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The statement is itself wrong – You use a Past Perfect tense to denote a relatively earlier event in the sentence. The correct sentence is –

After Rajendra Chola had returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he wished to visit the temple in Thanjavur.

I recall the famous line by my English teacher for Past Perfect Tense – 

After the after and Before the before.

Answer 3

Ans should be C)

D) could not be answer because

The PAST PERFECT TENSE indicates that an action was completed at some point in the past before something else happened.

 

then sentence will be like this

 

After Rajendra Chola had returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he wished to visit the temple in Thanjavur.

Answer 4

C) wished.

Comments

yes correct i think