GATE DA 2026 Q5: Inference from a counterfactual sentence about a movie

'If his latest movie had been a commercial success, the actor would have made enough money to sponsor his next movie.'

Based only on the above sentence, which one of the following statements is true?

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Answer: D (official GATE 2026 final answer key)

Concept used: Third conditional ("had been … would have") describes something that did not happen.

First step: The sentence imagines the movie being a success, which tells us it was not.

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Source: official GATE 2026 DA question paper and final answer key, organised by IIT Guwahati. Question paper · Answer key