Question:
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
The little boy cried with pain when he burnt his fingers.
दिए गए वाक्य में रेखांकित खंड के स्थान पर सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन करें। यदि किसी सुधार की आवश्यकता नहीं है, तो ‘No substitution required’ चुनें:
The little boy cried with pain when he burnt his fingers.
Options:
- No substitution required
- when he burns his fingers
- while he burn his fingers
- as he burning his fingers
- No substitution required
- when he burns his fingers
- while he burn his fingers
- as he burning his fingers
Correct Answer: a)
Explanation:
The sentence describes an action in the past (‘cried with pain’), so the subordinate clause correctly uses the simple past tense ‘when he burnt his fingers’. No correction is needed. Hence, option (a) is correct.
वाक्य भूतकाल (cried with pain) में है, इसलिए आश्रित उपवाक्य में भी भूतकाल ‘when he burnt his fingers’ का प्रयोग पूर्णतः सही है। किसी सुधार की आवश्यकता नहीं है। अतः विकल्प (a) सही उत्तर है।