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NDA 1 2024 GAT, question 23

Topic: Sentence completion

Directions · Q16 to Q25

Each of the following items features one part of a sentence, followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q23

The thieves denied

  1. (a) having stealing the money.
  2. (b) stealing the money.Correct answer
  3. (c) had stolen the money.
  4. (d) having to steal the money.

Solution.

Answer: (b) stealing the money.

  1. Deny normally takes a gerund: denied stealing the money.
  2. Having stealing is malformed; the perfect gerund would be having stolen.
  3. Having to steal would deny an obligation to steal, rather than deny the theft itself.