2020 · Q23
Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the most appropriate word or group of words for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
When I visited the villages nearby the city I __________ many water bodies intact.
EnglishFill in the Blanks
- Acame across
- Bcome across
- Ccame
- Dcame in
Explanation
The sentence narrates a past visit ('When I visited'), so the verb must be past tense: 'I came across many water bodies' ('came across' = encountered/discovered). 'Come across' is present tense and clashes with 'visited'; 'came' alone and 'came in' do not collocate with discovering things. Hence (A) came across is correct.