Question

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain __________[1][21]. The rain answered that ________[2][22]. The poet again asked it __________[3][23]. The rain replied that ________[4][24]. It further told that _________[5][25].

Read the dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [4] with the most appropriate option.

• A. To beautify its origin
• B. To beautify my origin
• C. It had come to beautify its origin
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

It had come to beautify its origin

Rain: "To beautify my origin."

As the given sentence in the direct speech is an incomplete answer, we will give a complete answer in the indirect speech.

For example:

Mom: "What are you doing?" - Mom asked what he was doing.

Raj: "Studying." - Raj answered that he was studying.

Option A - 'To beautify its origin' can't be used as it is similar to the direct speech. We have to write the complete answer in the indirect speech. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'To beautify my origin' can't be used as it is used in the direct speech. Thus option B is incorrect.

Option C - 'It had come to beautify its origin' can be used here as it answers the question completely in the past perfect tense. The question was in the present perfect tense, hence the answer should be in the past perfect tense. Thus option C is the correct answer.

Option D is incorrect as option C is the correct answer.

'The rain replied that it had come to beautify its origin.'