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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2023 — General Studies · Question 25 of 200

Q25
EnglishVerbs, Tenses & Agreement
Identify the mood in the following sentence - I would surely go there if I could.
  1. a.Indicative mood
  2. b.Interrogative mood
  3. c.Subjunctive mood
  4. d.Imperative mood

Answer: (C) Subjunctive mood

The sentence describes an unreal or hypothetical condition ("if I could"), which is the mark of the subjunctive mood, used for wishes, suppositions and conditions contrary to fact ("If I were you...", "I wish I were rich"). The indicative mood states facts or asks about them, and the imperative mood gives commands or requests ("Go there"). English traditionally has just these three moods; "interrogative" is a type of sentence rather than a mood, though it is offered here as a distractor.

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