Choose the correct form of the verb to fill in the blank: 'The train ________ before we reached the railway station.'

Subject: General English (सामान्य अंग्रेजी)

Topic: Tenses & Sequence of Tenses

Options:

1. Option A: had departed
2. Option B: has departed
3. Option C: was departing
4. Option D: departs
5. Option E: Question unattempted / अनुत्तरित प्रश्न

Correct Answer:

Option A: had departed

Explanation:

When two actions happened in the past, the earlier completed past action takes the Past Perfect Tense (had + V3) and the subsequent action takes Simple Past (V2). Here, the departure happened first: 'The train had departed before we reached...'.