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GATE 2017 EC – Question 2

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

I ____________ made arrangements had I ____________ informed earlier.

  1. could have, been
  2. would have, being
  3. had, have
  4. had been, been

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Correct answer: (A) could have, been

Explanation

This is a past unreal condition, which takes the pattern "could have made ... had I been informed". The other options break the grammar of that pattern.