Verbal Ability - Sentence Correction - Discussion

This is really a nice question. Here we can have two answers at a time. They are:

1)They can tell whether they thought about the matter
OR,
2)They can tell their answer whether he is correct or not.

If we see the options, the second answer is present in option A and C. But we don't choose them as they are grammatically incorrect.

First answer can be matched with option B and E. Option B is not correct as question is in simple past so the answer can't be in past perfect.And we are left with the only option i.e E. So, E is the correct one.

Hope i am able to communicate it nicely.

Nope. The options are not given in a right manner.
I am giving you an example.

You told that 'you' did this.
You told that 'I' did this.

Both of these are correct whether someone use 'you' or 'I'.
Similarly.

And the crowd shouted 'that they did'.
And the crowd shouted 'that he did'.

Both are correct.

E is absolutely right.

Because a question is asked (if they thought he was right).

So (they replied, "yes we thought").

And indirect speech (they replied that they thought) or as we change narrations.

So 'they' in place of we.

And 'did' in place of thought.

We thought-indirect speech-they did.

The question is asked to the crowd, "if 'they' thought he was right". Here 'They' is plural, so the answer will be replied in the plural form, means by the crowd "that they did" means they (crowd) thought that he is right. Hope now you understand.

The answer is right.

And the crowd shouted that they did means.

They did think he was right = They thought he was right = They did.

Another example:

'Did you like him'?

'Yes I did' = Yes I did like him'.

I hope it is clear now.

The Answer is wrong here. Here he asked the crowd whether he was right or wrong and the crowd shouted wether he did right or wrong. Here right or wrong does was "He" not the crowd. "That they did" here they pronoun of "The crowd".

The action took place in the past perfect tense and subsequently it was asked confidentially whihc is past tense. Hence, feel that past perfect tense is required to be the right answer. Please clarify.

Very simple:

This a simple past, the crowd = they.

They did, It is yes /No types such questions define as: Did you go there in time?

Reply may be : I did or I didn't. When you show intention.

Here the man is asking the audience that if they thought ...

Then the reply which the audience gave is they did

*** Thus there is no need of correction. ***

In the sentence "if he was right", so the should either be "he was" or "he wasn't". And I think I don't have to mention why not optn. C or b. So the ans is e.