Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the sentence.
The news [are too good to be true].
आपने शायद यह सोचाWhat you probably thought'is very good to be true' में 'are' का 'is' हो गया, इसलिए सुधार प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'very' अधिकता नहीं बताता; मुहावरा 'too good to be true' है।'is very good to be true' fixes 'are' to 'is', so it looked improved. But 'very' does not give excess; 'too good to be true' is the idiom.
आपने शायद यह सोचाWhat you probably thought'are so good to be true' में बहुवचन 'are' रहा और 'too' के स्थान पर 'so' आया। परंतु 'news' singular (एकवचन) है, और 'so ... to' कोई pattern नहीं है; 'too ... to' है।'are so good to be true' keeps the plural 'are' and changes 'too' to 'so'. But 'news' is singular, and 'so ... to' is not a pattern; 'too ... to' is.
आपने शायद यह सोचाWhat you probably thought'is so good to be true' में verb 'is' हो गया, इसलिए सुधार प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'so ... to' कोई pattern नहीं है; 'so' के साथ 'that' आता है, और मुहावरा 'too good to be true' है।'is so good to be true' fixes the verb to 'is', so it looked improved. But 'so ... to' is not a pattern; 'so' needs 'that', and the idiom is 'too good to be true'.
Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation
Answer: (B) is too good to be true
Too का अर्थ आवश्यकता से अधिक है और इसके बाद सीधे विशेषण आता है, फिर to + V1। too much clear या quite too कभी नहीं लिखते।
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The news is too good to be true.
News एकवचन है, इसलिए क्रिया is है।
Too means more than needed and is followed by an adjective alone and then to + V1. We never write too much clear or quite too.
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The news is too good to be true.
News is singular, so the verb is is.
बाकी Options उत्तर क्यों नहीं हैंWhy the other options are not the answer
A'is very good to be true' में 'are' का 'is' हो गया, इसलिए सुधार प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'very' अधिकता नहीं बताता; मुहावरा 'too good to be true' है।'is very good to be true' fixes 'are' to 'is', so it looked improved. But 'very' does not give excess; 'too good to be true' is the idiom.
C'are so good to be true' में बहुवचन 'are' रहा और 'too' के स्थान पर 'so' आया। परंतु 'news' singular (एकवचन) है, और 'so ... to' कोई pattern नहीं है; 'too ... to' है।'are so good to be true' keeps the plural 'are' and changes 'too' to 'so'. But 'news' is singular, and 'so ... to' is not a pattern; 'too ... to' is.
D'is so good to be true' में verb 'is' हो गया, इसलिए सुधार प्रतीत हुआ। परंतु 'so ... to' कोई pattern नहीं है; 'so' के साथ 'that' आता है, और मुहावरा 'too good to be true' है।'is so good to be true' fixes the verb to 'is', so it looked improved. But 'so ... to' is not a pattern; 'so' needs 'that', and the idiom is 'too good to be true'.
Source: SSC CPO 2025 TIER 1 · Shift 1। Solution: Prashant Sir, Ramban।Source: SSC CPO 2025 TIER 1 · Shift 1. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Ramban.