He ought not to tell me your secret but he did ........

English Aptitude (NDA) Sentence Improvement

Directions : In this section, look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response against the corresponding letter (a), (b), or (c). If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as the answer. Thus, a ‘No improvement’ response will be signified by the letter (d).

He ought not to tell me your secret, but he did.

a. telling

b. have told

c. having told

d. No improvement

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Explanation:

The sentence re quires Present Perfect Tense as the effect of action is onto present. So, ‘have told’ is the suit able choice.
Hence option2 is correct.