Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
(1) _________ a letter came to inform them that Raka’s mother Tara had another breakdown and was in a nursing home in Geneva
and that Raka’s grandmother Asha, (2) _________ seen another grandchild safely into the world, was flying to Switzerland to be with
her, Nanda Kaul (3) _________ her lips, (4) _________ the blue sheets of paper with that distasteful sprawl (5) _________ them, and
hid them in her desk.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2 in the passage:

Question

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
(1) _________ a letter came to inform them that Raka’s mother Tara had another breakdown and was in a nursing home in Geneva
and that Raka’s grandmother Asha, (2) _________ seen another grandchild safely into the world, was flying to Switzerland to be with
her, Nanda Kaul (3) _________ her lips, (4) _________ the blue sheets of paper with that distasteful sprawl (5) _________ them, and
hid them in her desk.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2 in the passage:

Accepted Answer

Let's analyze the sentence: 'Asha, (2) _________ seen another grandchild safely into the world, was flying to Switzerland to be with her.'

We need a word that fits grammatically and logically. The phrase is a participial phrase describing Asha. The correct participle to use here is 'having', as in 'Asha, having seen another grandchild safely into the world, was flying...'.

- 'have', 'has', and 'had' do not fit because they would require a different sentence structure (e.g., 'who has seen...').
- 'having' is the present participle, which is used to show that one action was completed before another (she saw the grandchild into the world before flying to Switzerland).

Therefore, the correct answer is 'having'.

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