GATE2019 EC: GA-1

Question

The strategies that the company ________ to sell its products _______ house-to-house marketing.

• A. use, includes
• B. uses, include
• C. used, includes
• D. uses, including 

Answer 1

Answer B

“the company” is singular, hence “uses”

“The strategies” is plural, hence “include”

Comments

Couldn't get it..  Can you explain a bit more..

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@chirudeepnamini

pls read the basic rule of tenses in English Grammar...u will get the answer of above question

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$\underbrace{Singular\ subject}\rightarrow \underbrace{Singular\ verb}$

             $-s$                               $+s$

$\underbrace{Plural\ subject}\rightarrow \underbrace{Plural\ verb}$

          $+s$                             $-s$

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@Kushagra गुप्ता thankyou :)

@akash.dinkar12 thanks for the suggestion :)

 

Answer 2

‘Company’ is a singular noun, hence it will take singular verb ‘uses’ while for “strategies”, ‘include’ is correct.

Hence, the correct option is $(B).$