GATE DA 2026 Set 1 — Question 5

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Last updated 5 September 2026

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‘If his latest movie had been a commercial success, the actor would have made enough money to sponsor his next movie.’ Based only on the above sentence, which one of the following statements is true?

Correct answer (D) His latest movie was not commercially successful. Solution The sentence is a counterfactual conditional (Third Conditional), which describes a past situation that did not happen and its imagined result. The structure "If A had happened, B would have happened" implies that A did not happen. Therefore, "If his latest movie had been a commercial success" implies that the movie was not a commercial success. Turn this into a strength. Explore AI-powered practice and doubt support with Success Tracker.

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Correct answer (D) His latest movie was not commercially successful. Solution The sentence is a counterfactual conditional (Third Conditional), which describes a past situation that did not happen and its imagined result. The structure "If A had happened, B would have happened" implies that A did not happen. Therefore, "If his latest movie had been a commercial success" implies that the movie was not a commercial success.

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