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 number.
It was my second year at boarding school. I was sitting on platform No. 8 (1)______ Ambala station, waiting for the north-bound train. My parents (2)______ me old enough to travel on my own. I (3)______ by bus to Ambala early in the evening. Now, (4)______ was a long wait till my train (5)______. Most of the time, I had been (6)______ up and down the platform, (7)______ at the bookstall, or feeding broken biscuits to stray dogs. (8)______ a train arrived, it would become (9)______. As the carriage doors opened, people would swoop down (10)______ the nervous little ticket collector at the gate.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.
Option 1: considered
Option 2: expressed
Option 3: treated
Option 4: advised
Correct Answer: considered
Solution : The first option is correct.
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Let's look at the meanings of the given options:
- Considered means to regard someone or something as having a specified quality.
- Expressed means to convey a thought or feeling in words or by gestures and conduct.
- Treated means to behave towards or deal with someone in a certain way.
- Advised means to offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone.
- As per the context of the sentence, the narrator's parents believed that he was old enough to travel on his own.
Hence, the correct answer is considered .
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