Q1. [1]
Read the dialogue between Vilakshna and her physician, Dr. Sharnani, regarding the effectiveness of her medication.
Dr. Sharnani: How is your acid reflux problem now?
Vilakshna: [She tried everything without success,] ...the new medicine is great.
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.
Dr. Sharnani asked Vilakshna about her acid reflux problem to which Vilakshna replied that she tried everything without success, ___________________.
- (A) but she found the new medicine to be great
- (B) but she thought that this new medicine was great
- (C) but the new medicine was great
- (D) but that new medicine was great
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2024 2/4/1 Q3 (iv)
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-15 07:11 · grounding rag
Model Answer
The correct option is (C) but the new medicine was great.
Explanation
In indirect speech, the pronoun "she" is already used for Vilakshna, so repeating "she found/thought" is redundant in this construction. Option (C) correctly uses the reported speech tense shift (is → was) and removes the unnecessary pronoun, making it the most grammatically precise and natural reported speech form. Options (A) and (B) add unnecessary subjects ("she found/thought"), and (D) uses "that new medicine" which is incorrect — "the new medicine" is the proper determiner here.
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