MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026 (1 April Shift 1)
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).Assertion (A):When reporting a universal truth in indirect speech, the tense of the reported clause does not change.Reason (R):Universal truths are considered timeless facts and therefore remain in simple present tense even if the reporting verb is in the past tense.In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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Answer: Option A — Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason of (A).
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Example: The teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the Sun" becomes The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun; the tense is kept.
The reason is exactly R: a universal truth is always true, so it stays in the simple present. Both are true and R explains A.
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This question tests your understanding of Grammar Revision, a key topic in the English Language section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
English grammar is the foundation for almost every verbal ability question, from spotting errors and sentence improvement to fill in the blanks and cloze tests. This topic brings together a complete revision of the core rules: parts of speech, tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles, prepositions, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, conjunctions, modals, active and passive voice, and direct and indirect speech. The questions here are mixed, just like in the exam, so you practise recognising which rule a question is testing. The most frequently tested rules are subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, the correct use of articles ("a", "an", "the"), and fixed preposition combinations such as "differ from" and "comply with". If you keep getting a particular type wrong, go back to its own topic page for focused practice. Practise the mixed grammar questions below. Each solution names the rule being tested.