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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.

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. 6.

Option 1: should

Option 2: could

Option 3: had

Option 4: would


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: could


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation:

Could is the appropriate choice because it indicates ability or possibility in the past tense. The sentence is reflecting on a past event, and could not correctly expresses that the doctor was unable to do so at that time.

Therefore, the complete sentence is: The doctor saved the patient but he could not close the hole properly.

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