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Question 52: ‘He spent too long deciding which university to go to an…

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‘He spent too long deciding which university to go to and missed the boat.’
The sense conveyed by the sentence above is:

  1. A

    He could not decide which university to go to and missed boarding the boat to either of them.

  2. B

    He did not know which university to go to and did not board any boat.

  3. C

    He did not know which university would be the easiest to get into and so he decided not to apply at all.

  4. D

    He could not decide which university to go to and missed the chance to make an application to go to any.

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  • D

    He could not decide which university to go to and missed the chance to make an application to go to any.

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Question 52 of 60 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1 (ES)) End Term paper sat on 1 Sept 2024, in the May 2024 term (IIT M ES FOUNDATION AN EXAM QEF3 01 Sep 2024). It carries 1 mark.

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