Question

Select an appropriate headline with respect to the following information:
A doctor from Beawar town was found dead in his hotel room in Ajmer's Shastri Nagar area on Saturday morning. Police have not yet identified the reason behind the suicide but doctors suspect that the deceased was mentally depressed.

• A. A doctor from Beawar was found dead in a hotel room in Ajmer
• B. Beawar doctor found dead in a hotel room in Ajmer
• C. Beawar doctor was found dead in hotel room in Ajmer
• D. Beawar doctor found dead in hotel room in Ajmer

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Beawar doctor found dead in hotel room in Ajmer

The correct headline is option D. This headline is accurate, precise and follows the correct format of headline writing. Option A is incorrect due to use of the article 'a' in several places and also the use of a 'be verb' like 'was' in the headline. Such additions are avoided in a headline to make it precise. Option B is incorrect due to improper use of article 'a' in the headline. Option C is incorrect due to the improper use of 'be verb'- 'was' in the headline.