In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Despite all the research every one of us catches cold and most of us catch (1) ______
frequently. Our failure to control one of (2) ______ commonest of all ailments sometimes
seems ridiculous. (3) ______ science regularly practises transplant surgery and (4) ______ rid whole countries of such killing (5) ______ as Typhus and the Plague. But the (6) ______ of
common cold is unusually difficult and (7) ______ is yet to be done to solve it.
It is known that a cold (8) ______ caused by one of the number (9) ______ viral infections that affect the lining of the (10) ______ and the other passages leading to the lungs but the
confusing variety of viruses makes study and remedy very difficult.
Despite all the research every one of us catches cold and most of us catch (1) ______
frequently. Our failure to control one of (2) ______ commonest of all ailments sometimes
seems ridiculous. (3) ______ science regularly practises transplant surgery and (4) ______ rid whole countries of such killing (5) ______ as Typhus and the Plague. But the (6) ______ of
common cold is unusually difficult and (7) ______ is yet to be done to solve it.
It is known that a cold (8) ______ caused by one of the number (9) ______ viral infections that affect the lining of the (10) ______ and the other passages leading to the lungs but the
confusing variety of viruses makes study and remedy very difficult.
Q1.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.
- Ait
- Bone
- Cthis
- Dthese
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Concept: A pronoun that replaces a singular noun already mentioned (a cold) is needed.
- The sentence: “every one of us catches cold and most of us catch ___ frequently.”
- The blank refers back to ‘cold’ – a singular thing, so the object pronoun it fits.
- ‘one’ would mean ‘a cold’ (possible only with ‘a cold’ earlier); ‘this’ is vague; ‘these’ is plural.
Yaad rakhein: Catch a cold → catch it again: the pronoun ‘it’ refers to a thing already named.
Answer: (A) it
अवधारणा: पहले बताई गई एकवचन संज्ञा (cold) के स्थान पर pronoun चाहिए।
- वाक्य: “every one of us catches cold and most of us catch ___ frequently.”
- यहाँ blank पहले आए ‘cold’ को refer करता है – एकवचन वस्तु, अतः object pronoun it सही है।
- ‘these’ बहुवचन है; ‘this’ और ‘one’ यहाँ स्वाभाविक नहीं बैठते।
याद रखें: पहले कही गई वस्तु दोबारा आए तो pronoun ‘it’ लगता है।
उत्तर: (A) it