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GATE 2014 CS (CS2) – Question 2

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

Who ______ was coming to see us this evening?

  1. you said
  2. did you say
  3. did you say that
  4. had you said

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Correct answer: (B) did you say

Explanation

The natural construction is Who did you say was coming to see us this evening? Did you say is the interrogative insertion, so **B**. Adding that after say would disrupt this subject-extraction construction.