52. “What’s that noise? It sounds like an aeroplane,” said Ravi.

A. Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.
B. Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
C. Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.
D. Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

56. She said to me, “It has been raining heavily and you cannot go”.

A. She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.
B. She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.
C. She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.
D. She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

60. “I would have been surprised if you had passed examination,” said the former master.

A. The former master said that it would have surprised him if I had passed.
B. The former master said that he should be surprised if I had passed.
C. The former master said that he would have been surprised if I had passed the examination.
D. The former master was surprised if I passed the examination.
✅ The correct answer is option C.