GATE ECE 2019 | GA | Question: 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 

Comments

This question is a good learning point:

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

1. uses, include
2. used, include
3. used, included

all of these are valid choices.

1. The strategies that the company uses to sell its products include house-to-house marketing.
- it implies the company is currently using house-to-house marketing as one of its strategies.

2. The strategies that the company used to sell its products include house-to-house marketing.
- it implies the company implemented house-to-house marketing in the past, but it is still considered part of company's strategies, whether or not they are actively using it at present.

3. The strategies that the company used to sell its products included house-to-house marketing.
- it implies the company used house-to-house marketing in the past but it is no longer used now.

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@anujs Option B is the correct answer. 

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 $(B).$

Answer 3

C ) The strategies that the company used to sell its products includes house-to-house marketing.