Question:
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:
The boy rode the bicycle, [in a blue jacket].
कोष्ठक वाले भाग [in a blue jacket] को प्रतिस्थापित करने के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन कीजिए:
The boy rode the bicycle, [in a blue jacket].
Options:
- ride the bicycle, in the blue jacket
- riding the bicycle, in a blue jacket
- in a blue jacket, rode the bicycle
- in a blue jacket, riding the bicycle
- ride the bicycle, in the blue jacket
- riding the bicycle, in a blue jacket
- in a blue jacket, rode the bicycle
- in a blue jacket, riding the bicycle
Correct Answer: c)
Explanation:
The modifying prepositional phrase ‘in a blue jacket’ describes the boy, not the bicycle. Placing it right after the subject avoids a misplaced modifier: ‘The boy, in a blue jacket, rode the bicycle.’
संशोधक वाक्यांश ‘in a blue jacket’ लड़के की विशेषता बताता है, न कि साइकिल की। Misplaced modifier से बचने के लिए इसे लड़के (Subject) के तुरंत बाद रखा जाता है: ‘The boy, in a blue jacket, rode the bicycle.’ अतः विकल्प (c) सही है।