In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘no improvement’.

It is understood by us by now that all of us here are just the servant of government and are bound to do our work honestly.

a)            It was understood by us

b)            It has been understood by us

c)            No improvement

d)            We understood

Sol:

The Present Perfect tense is used to refer to an action that happened at an unspecified time before now. However, the exact time is not important, so replace ‘it is understood by us’ with ‘it has been understood by us’.