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Select the correct option to complete the narration of a dialogue between a passerby and a farmer. Passerby: Can you tell me the way to Rampur?

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Select the correct option to complete the narration of a dialogue between a passerby and a farmer.

Passerby: Can you tell me the way to Rampur?
Farmer: Drive for four km and then turn right.

The passerby asked the farmer if he could tell him the way to Rampur. The farmer replied that ______.

Options

  • he may drive for four km and then turn right.

  • he should drive for four km and then turn right.

  • he might drive for four km and then turn right.

  • he had to drive for four km and then turn right.

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The passerby asked the farmer if he could tell him the way to Rampur. The farmer replied that he should drive for four km and then turn right.

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2022-2023 (March) Delhi Set 1

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