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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2020 — General Studies · Question 5 of 200

Q5
EnglishVoice, Narration & Sentence Transformation
Convert to interrogative: 'Honesty is the best policy'
  1. a.Is honesty the best policy?
  2. b.Is not honesty the best policy?
  3. c.Is honesty not the best policy?
  4. d.Why is honesty the best policy?

Answer: (B) Is not honesty the best policy?

Traditional grammar turns an assertive maxim into a rhetorical question by placing "not" right after the auxiliary: "Is not honesty the best policy?" is the form taught in standard grammar texts.

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