৪৬তম বিসিএস প্রিলিমিনারি - Read Mode
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'I saw an old man walking past me' has one subject and one finite verb ('saw'). The others are complex or compound sentences.
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'A man who is corrupt cannot win the respect of others' uses a relative clause ('who is corrupt') to define the man, making it a complex sentence.
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The positive degree transforms 'better' to 'as good as'. Structure: 'Is there any other player... as good as...'.
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'Avoid' is followed by a gerund. Since it's passive (avoid being seen), the correct form is 'being seen'.
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After the preposition 'of', a gerund is needed. Since the meaning is passive (he feared being arrested by others), 'being arrested' is correct.
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Since the speaker is unsure ('didn't follow'), 'might be' expresses the probability in the past context (or 'might have been', but 'might be' fits the option set best).
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Present Perfect Tense is used for an action starting in the past and continuing to the present ('for ten years'). Correct: 'have known'.
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'Down' is the appropriate preposition indicating movement from a higher to a lower position into the valley.
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'Across' implies on the other side of the street, which fits the context of location.
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Indirect speech rules: 'said to' becomes 'told'. 'You' changes to 'he/she' (or 'I' if speaker is 'me') depending on object. Here 'told me that he will go but I will stay here' is correct sequence.