Based only on the conversation below, identify the logically correct inference: “Even if I had known that you were in the hospital, I would not have gone there to see you”, Ramya told Josephine.
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GATE CSE 2025 Set 2 · Q6
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Official answer: B) Ramya did not know that Josephine was in the hospital.
Verbal AptitudeThe statement uses a counterfactual conditional (third conditional): *"Even if I had known that you were in the hospital..."*
In English grammar, a counterfactual conditional with the past perfect tense (*had known*) indicates a condition that was contrary to fact in the past. This implies that Ramya did not know that Josephine was in the hospital.
(A) is incorrect because the counterfactual form indicates she did not know.
(B) is correct because it directly follows from the counterfactual presupposition of the statement.
(C) and (D) introduce unsupported assumptions not present or implied in the sentence.
Therefore, option B is the logically correct inference.
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Consider the grammatical meaning of the counterfactual conditional clause *"Even if I had known..."*.
This Verbal Aptitude previous year question is Q6 of the GATE CSE 2025 Set 2 paper. Find more GATE CSE PYQs on Verbal Aptitude in General Aptitude, or browse all GATE CSE PYQs.
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