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.
The working of the stomach was (1) _____ by a strange accident. In 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was (2) _____ hit by a shotgun. The bullet had seriously (3) _____ the chest wall and made a hole in (4)_____ stomach. He was brought to an American army (5) _____ William Beaumont. The doctor saved the patient but he (6) ______ not close the hole properly. Beaumont took it as a (7) ______ opportunity to see the inside of the stomach (8) ______ the hole. He made some wonderful observations. Beaumont (9) ______ that the stomach was churning food. Its wall secreted a fluid (10) ______ could digest the food. He also observed that the end of the stomach opens into the intestine only after the digestion of the food inside the stomach is completed.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5
Option 1: Doctor
Option 2: Major
Option 3: Colonel
Option 4: Registrar
Correct Answer: Doctor
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation:
William Beaumont was an American army surgeon. As a surgeon and not a ranking officer like a major or colonel, and certainly not a registrar, the correct title for Beaumont in this context is doctor.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: He was brought to an American army doctor, William Beaumont.
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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.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 7.
Option 1: strong
Option 2: fast
Option 3: countless
Option 4: great
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.
Option 1: damaged
Option 2: devastated
Option 3: decayed
Option 4: decreased
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.
Option 1: her
Option 2: its
Option 3: his
Option 4: him
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 10.
Option 1: whom
Option 2: what
Option 3: who
Option 4: which
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 9.
Option 1: acquired
Option 2: found
Option 3: imagined
Option 4: obtained
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