Kerala KAS 2025 · Question 58 of 70

Rewrite the sentence using correct punctuation. Even though it was late almost midnight she continued reading her book unable to put it down knowing that she would regret staying up so late.

English - Punctuation

AEven though it was late, almost midnight - she continued reading her book unable to put it down, knowing that she would regret staying up so late.
BEven though it was late almost midnight - she continued reading her book, unable to put it down, knowing that she would regret staying up so late when her alarm rang at 6 a.m.
CEven though it was late - almost midnight - she continued reading her book, unable to put it down, knowing that she would regret staying up so late.Correct
DEven though it was late : almost midnight, she continued reading her book unable to put it down, knowing that she would regret staying up so late.

Answer: C. Even though it was late - almost midnight - she continued reading her book, unable to put it down, knowing that she would regret staying up so late.

Explanation

The parenthetical 'almost midnight' is correctly set off with em dashes: 'Even though it was late - almost midnight - she continued reading her book, unable to put it down, knowing that she would regret staying up so late.'

Source: Kerala PSC KAS Officer 065-2025 official paper (14-Jun-2025), provisional answer key

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