Question : Comprehension:
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 blank.
There are three main groups of oils: animal, vegetable, and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come (1) _________whales, those enormous creatures of the sea (2) _________are the largest remaining animals in the world. (3) __________the whale from the cold of the Arctic seas, nature (4) ____________it with a thick covering of fat called blubber. (5) ___________the whale is killed; the blubber is stripped (6) __________and boiled down. It produces a great (7) __________of oil which can be made into food for human (8)____________. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so (9)____________as the whale. The livers of the cod and the halibut, two (10) ____________of fish, yield nourishing oil.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option for blank number 1.
Option 1: by
Option 2: for
Option 3: with
Option 4: from
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Correct Answer: from
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The sentence structure indicates that the oil comes "from" a particular source or origin, which in this context refers to the origin or source of the oil itself.
Therefore, the right word to fill in the blank is from .
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