Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.
In 1899 in Wyoming a fossilised skeleton was discovered from which Dippy was cast. It was 1)_____________ by one of the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie for the still under construction Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, where it still stands .As per the Carnegie Museum website , “Museum director William J Holland organised the 2)________________ to the American west in 1899. After three months of rigrous search, one of the team member discovered a huge toe bone at Sheep’s Creek Wyoming. With further digging led to a huge, long neck dinosaur which was later identified as a sauropod.The news was spread quickly, and before he was even excavated, Dippy was a celebrity. Visitors thronged to the site in Wyoming, which was later dubbed “Camp Carnegie.” After the 3)________________ collection of Dippy’s bones, it was packed in the boxes and the bones were sent back to Pittsburgh in 130 crates.”
Dippy is considered to be one of the most famous single dinosaur skeleton in the world, Dippy has been a subject of several children’s books apart from a book 4)_______________ to the dinosaur, Dippy: The Tale of a Museum Icon. There are various products which celebrates the dinosaur — from mugs to T-shirts, caps to soft toys and also an ice flavour. Dippy has also 5)________________ in many films such as Paddington, Night at the Museum 3 and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 5.
Option 1: avenged
Option 2: featured
Option 3: ruptured
Option 4: reprimanded
Correct Answer: featured
Solution : The correct answer is featured.
Dippy has also featured in many films such as Paddington, Night at the Museum 3 and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing.
Explanation:
The only word that will fill the blank and make the sentence coherent is featured. It indicates that a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine, a television programme, or a show was given special attention.
Meaning for the rest of the words
Avenged- inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another).
Rupture- a sudden break or burst of a pipe or container, or a bodily part such as an organ or membrane.
Reprimanded- to tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behaviour is wrong and not acceptable.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1
Option 1: salient
Option 2: adjourned
Option 3: contributed
Option 4: acquired
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3.
Option 1: imported
Option 2: barbarous
Option 3: sufficient
Option 4: ruptured
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.
Option 1: dichotomy
Option 2: expedition
Option 3: nonplus
Option 4: dishevelled
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 4.
Option 1: digressed
Option 2: inherent
Option 4: dedicated
An 1)_______________ painting from 1969 by VS Gaitonde on Feburary 24 went for a price of Rs 42 crore at an auction by Pundole’s in Mumbai. This is one of highest price for which an Indian modern or contemporary artwork has been sold at an auction internationally. Gaitonde has 2)_______________ broken records in recent years, his paintings has been selling for highest prices in auctions. For the very first time this particular oil on canvas by Gaitonde was coming into the auction market. It belongs to the Glenbarra Art Museum in Japan, which 3)_____________ the private collection of businessman Masanori Fukuoka. Gaitonde painted a limited number of canvases during his lifetime, which makes each one the most sought after. Mamta Saran shares that Gaitonde once said that his only ambition was to join an art school, everything else was by 4)______________, including finding a book on Zen Buddhism at a bookstore in Mumbai in 1959. This was a turning point in the artist’s career. The discovery of Zen Buddhism have greatly alterrd his 5)_______________ to art, making it shift from figuration and geometric shapes to abstraction.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 1.
Option 1: untitled
Option 2: amorphous
Option 3: mystic
Option 4: vague
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