The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
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List-I (Sentences)
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List-II (Verb Forms)
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Explanation
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(A) We are planning an event which ____ soon.
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(IV) will happen
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Simple Future Tense is required to state the expected occurrence of the event in the future.
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(B) I must get to the post office before it _____.
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(I) closes
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Simple Present Tense is used in the subordinate clause after before when referring to a fixed schedule or routine future event (the post office's closing time).
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(C) It is probably too late to call Ravi, he _____ to bed, surely.
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(II) would have gone
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Modal Perfect Tense (specifically would have gone) is used here to express a logical deduction or strong assumption about a completed past action (going to bed), viewed from the present moment (It is probably too late).
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(D) Forthcoming books are those that we think, _____ to be available soon.
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(III) are going
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'Be going to' is used to express an event that is expected or planned to happen in the near future, which fits the meaning of forthcoming.
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