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English I · Quiz 1 · 7 Jul 2024 · May 2024 term

Question 37: Complete blank (ii) with an appropriate response.

Question 37

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Read the following telephonic conversation and fill in the blanks with appropriate responses: Jay – Hello? (i)__________________
Prateek – Hello. Yes, I am Prateek Agarwal. (ii)__________________
Jay – Prateek, it’s me Jay Roy from college. Remember?
Prateek – Hey Jay, (iii)_______________It has been such a long time.
Jay – I am doing good. Yes, four long years after college. I got your contact number from Piyush. (iv)________________
Prateek – Yes, yes, I do remember him. Wasn’t he the one who topped our engineering batch last year?
Jay – Yes, that’s him! He’s in Boston working for a big MNC now.
Prateek- (v)_____________
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Complete blank (ii) with an appropriate response.

  1. A

    May I come in?

  2. B

    May I drop you home?

  3. C

    May I ask who is speaking?

  4. D

    May I know why you are here?

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Correct answer

  • C

    May I ask who is speaking?

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Question 37 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) Quiz 1 paper sat on 7 Jul 2024, in the May 2024 term (IIT M FOUNDATION AN EXAM QDF2 7 July 2024). It carries 1 mark.

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