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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 18

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.

Q18

Since you have been touring all day

  1. (a) you must be tiredCorrect answer
  2. (b) you ought to have been tired
  3. (c) you could had been tired
  4. (d) you might not be tired

Solution.

Answer: (a) you must be tired

  1. Must be expresses a strong present inference from a day of touring.
  2. “You must be tired” fits that evidence.
  3. Ought to have been expresses past expectation, and could had is ungrammatical.