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GATE 2026 EE – Question 1

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

‘The shopkeeper sells lemons.’

In this sentence, the word ‘lemons’ is the ________.

  1. object
  2. subject
  3. predicate
  4. verb

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Correct answer: (A) object

Explanation

In "The shopkeeper sells lemons", "the shopkeeper" is the subject, "sells" is the verb, and "lemons" receives the action of the verb, so it is the direct object.