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The correct answer is 'The computer equipment will be replaced by us in the near future.'.

Key Points

• We need to follow these instructions while changing the voice of an assertive sentence.
• Find the subject and object of the sentence and exchange their places; make changes in their cases as well if subject and object are pronouns.
• Use preposition by before agent. (us)
• Use helping verb in passive form according to the tense of active form. (future indefinite - will/ shall + be)
• Always use the third form of the main verb in passive form.
• At last line up the remaining part.

Following these steps, we finally get- The computer equipment will be replaced by us in the near future.

• Assertive sentence की voice बदलते समय हमें इन निर्देशों का पालन करना चाहिए-
• वाक्य के subject और object का पता लगाएं और उनके स्थानों को exchange करें; यदि उनके subject और object pronoun हैं, तो उनके cases में भी बदलाव करें।
• एजेंट (us) से पहले preposition by का उपयोग करें।
• Active voice के tense के अनुसार passive voice में helping verb का उपयोग करें। (future indefinite- will/ shall + be)
• Passive voice में हमेशा main verb की third form का प्रयोग करें।
• अंत में remining part add करें।

The correct answer is option 3) i.e. "AEBDCF."

Key Points 

• In the abovementioned paragraph, there is a chronological sequence of the sentences.
• Sentence A is the first sentence as per the given instructions. It begins with the noun 'The Indian National Army' and mentions the army is known as Azad Hid Fauj.
• Sentence E is the second sentence & it begins with the pronoun 'It' and further explains the origin of the INA. The InA was formed during WWII under the leadership of Captain Mohan Singh.
• Sentence B is the third sentence. It begins with the pronoun 'This' and further talks about the soldiers of this army i.e. they were the captured Indian soldiers of the British-Indian Army by Japan.
• The only option that shows such an arrangement is Option 3.
• Sentence D is the fourth sentence as it begins with the pronoun 'Its' and mentions the purpose of creating such an army. From the previous sentence, we can connect that the army was created to help Japan in WWII.
• Sentence C is the fifth sentence as it begins with the preposition 'In' and mentions in December 1942 the army was disbanded due to political reasons.
• Sentence F is the last sentence as per the given instructions. It begins with the noun 'The Indian National Army ' and mentions the army was again revived by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 to fight against British rule in India.
• The correct arrangement is AEBDCF.

The correct order is: 

• A. The Indian National Army (INA), also known as Azad Hid Fauj.
• E. It was formed by Indian nationalists during 'World War II' in 1942 under the leadership of Mohan Singh.
• B. This army comprised the captured Indian soldiers of the British-Indian Army by Japan.
• D. Its aim was to help Japan in its campaign in the 'Southeast Asian theatre of WWII.'
• C. In December 1942, the army was disbanded over differences between members of the Japanese military and the INA leadership.
• F. The Indian National Army was, however, revived in 1943 by Subhas Chandra Bose to fight for the freedom of India.

The correct answer is '(B)​.'

Key Points

• The error lies in part (B) of the sentence.
• We use if to introduce a possible or unreal situation or condition.
• Example: You can only go in if you’ve got your ticket.
• We use when to refer to the time of a future situation or condition that we are certain of.
• Example: When I’m older, I’d love to be a dancer.
• Therefore, the use of 'if' in part '(B)​​' part of the sentence should be replaced by 'when' to make it grammatically correct.
• Hence, the correct answer is '(B)​.'
• Correct sentence: He was worn out when he got home.

Additional Information  

• The present tense is the base form of the verb.
• We use do and does to make questions with the present simple.
• We use does for the third person singular (she/he/it) and do for the others.
• We use do and does with question words like where, what and when.
• Example: Where do Angela and Rita live?

Hinglish

• त्रुटि भाग part (B) में निहित है।​
• हम किसी संभावित या अवास्तविक स्थिति या स्थिति का परिचय देने के लिए if का उपयोग करते हैं।
• Example: You can only go in if you’ve got your ticket.
• हम भविष्य की स्थिति या स्थिति के समय का उल्लेख करने के लिए when उपयोग करते हैं, जिसके बारे में हम निश्चित हैं।​
• Example: When I’m older, I’d love to be a dancer.

The correct answer is "enlisted in the army".

Key Points

• The original sentence, "He enlisting in the army and went to war when he was only eighteen," is grammatically incorrect.
• The verb tense in the underlined part "enlisting" is not appropriate. To be consistent with the past tense verb "went", the correct verb form should be the past tense, "enlisted".

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 2".

Additional Information

• Enlist in army: Although "enlist" is an appropriate verb, it's in the present tense here which doesn't coincide with the past tense context established in the phrase "went to war." Additionally, "army" lacks a definite article, typically we say "the army".
• Enlisted in the army: This is the correct form for improvement. The verb form "enlisted" correctly uses past tense, matching with "went", and precedes "in the army," in a grammatically conventional and widely used phrase for joining the military.
• Enlisted at the army: The preposition "at" is usually used to refer to specific addresses, locations or events but is not conventionally used with institutions like the army. We typically say "enlisted in the army."

The correct answer is: ADCFBE.

Key Points

• The correct sequence of the sentence is: 
• A - "The concert was too expensive"
• D - "to waste his parents'"
• C - "hard-earned money"
• F - "so he sacrificed the chance"
• B - "to watch his favourite"
• E - "artist's live performance"
• When sequenced correctly, the sentence reads:
• "The concert was too expensive to waste his parents' hard-earned money on, so he sacrificed the chance to watch his favourite artist's live performance."
• This order logically and grammatically connects each part, providing a clear cause-and-effect relationship, and describing a situation where the cost of the concert influenced the person's decision to forgo attending the performance.

The correct answer is option 2.

Key Points

• The correct phrase is 'have had to pay for it'.
• The given sentence is in Present Perfect Tense where we want to connect the present with the (recent) past in some way.
• We use 'has had' in a sentence where the subject is in Singular form, whereas in the given sentence the subject (reporters) is in the plural, hence the usage of 'has had' is incorrect.
• The use of the present tense of the verb 'have' and the past participle of the verb 'incur' (incurred) shows that the sentence is in Present Perfect Tense, whereas 'had had to pay for it' is in Past Perfect, thus, option 1 is incorrect.
• Therefore, the phrase 'has had to pay for it' must be replaced with 'have had to pay for it' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence will be: Very often reporters have incurred the wrath of powerful people and have had to pay for it with their lives.

The correct answer is 'The villager took the businessman to the nearest hospital'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in  Passive Voice. As per the given question, we must change it to Active Voice.
• The structure of the given sentence is as follows:
• Subject + V2 + Object. (Active Voice)
• Subject (objective case) + was/were + V3 + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
• Example:
• Their cousin showed them some rare photographs. (Active Voice)
• They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'The businessman'.​​
• The object of the given sentence is 'The villagers'.
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
• And 'was taken' will be changed into 'took'.
• Lastly, the preposition 'by' will be removed.

Correct Sentence: The villagers took the business to the nearest hospital*.*

The correct answer is Jayesh told Diwakar that he could top the class if he wanted to.

Key Points

• As the reporting verb is in the past tense**, '**can' will be changed to **'**could', and **'**want' will be changed to **'**wanted'.
• 'Said to' changes to **'**told' in indirect speech.
• While converting a direct speech into indirect speech, the second person pronoun 'you' changes according to the object of Reporting Verb.
• Here, the object of reporting verb is Diwakar, hence, 'you' has been replaced by 'he' in reported speech.
• Thus, the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence is expressed in option 2.
• The correct indirect form of the given sentence is Jayesh told Diwakar that he could top the class if he wanted to.

The erroneous part is option 4) i.e. 'he will try to solve the problem.'

Key Points 

• The error lies in the part 'he will try to solve the problem.'
• According to the rules of Indirect speech, the Reported Speech should also be according to the tense of reporting verb.
• The use of 'said that' in the sentence hints at the fact that the sentence is in the Indirect speech.
• In the given sentence the reporting verb is in Past Tense, the Reported Speech should also be in Past Tense.
• Therefore we need to use 'would' in place of 'will' to make the sentence grammatically correct.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Correct sentence: Mr Bose said that he would try to solve the problem of transaction failure to the best of his ability.

The correct answer is Piyush said, "When Raj was reading, Joy was writing".

Key Points

• The given sentence is in indirect speech and we need to convert it to direct speech.
• When we change an indirect speech to direct speech, we must follow these rules:
• The reporting verb 'said' remains unchanged.
• The conjunction 'that' is replaced with inverted commas ("...") to show the direct speech.
• A comma (,) is added after the direct speech part.
• The first word of the direct speech is in capital letters.
• The Past indefinite tense or the Past continuous tense is not changed if the reported speech states two actions that took place at the same time.
• Thus, option 4 is the correct answer.

Hence, direct speech is- Piyush said, "When Raj was reading, Joy was writing".