Question

You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

Select the option containing the best concluding statement for the letter to an editor.

[0.8 mark]

• A. I request you to initiate proper action about the raised issue.
• B. You are required to consider my words seriously and publish my letter.
• C. I request you to give some space to my concerns in your newspaper and publish them to help sort out the problems.
• D. It is advisable to consider the issue raised in my letter

Answer 1

The correct option is C I request you to give some space to my concerns in your newspaper and publish them to help sort out the problems.

The most appropriate concluding statement is "I request you to give some space to my concerns in your newspaper and publish them which can help sort out the problems." All other options do not form valid conclusions according to the format of the letter.