CDS 2015 PYQ with Answer — Even she had taken a taxi, she would have been late.

2015 · Q64

Even she had taken a taxi, she would have been late.

EnglishSentence Improvement

AEven if she had
BAlthough she had
CAs if she had
DNo Improvement

Explanation

The sentence is a conditional: the lateness would have occurred regardless of the taxi. The hypothetical clause needs the conjunction 'if' after 'even' — 'even if' means 'despite the possibility that'. Without 'if', 'even she had' is ungrammatical. The third conditional 'would have been' requires this hypothetical framing. Hence option (A) is correct.