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      Question

      A report submitted by an expert panel to party president

      said that the party needed active promotion of second-rung leaders in Punjab, where Assembly elections were slated for next year. Directions: In each of the following sentences, a phrase is printed in bold. From the options, find out the correct phrase that would improve the meaning of the phrase in bold. If the phrase is correct and doesn’t require improvement, select E, i.e., ‘No improvement needed’ as your answer.
      A where Assembly elections were slated for the following year Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B where Assembly elections are slated for next year Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C where Assembly elections were slate for the following year Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D where Assembly elections are slated for the following year Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Here, ‘next year’ in reported speech changes to ‘the following year’. Since the reporting verb is in the past tense, the reported speech would be in past tense as well. A report submitted by an expert panel to party president said that the party needed active promotion of second-rung leaders in Punjab, where Assembly elections were slated for the following year .

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