GATE 2011 CS (CS1) – Question 3

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

I contemplated ______ Singapore for my vacation but decided against it.

to visit
having to visit
visiting
for a visit

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Correct answer: (C) visiting

Explanation

The verb contemplate takes a noun or gerund phrase as its object: “contemplated visiting Singapore”. It does not take a to-infinitive in this construction. Thus C.

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