Multiple choice

Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (i).

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.

The world would be a (i) ________ happier and better place to live (ii) ________ if man could follow the cardinal teachings of the great religious teachers of the world. Unfortunately, (iii) ________ precepts are ignored. All (iv) ________ teachers universally agree in their teachings that man (v) ________ seek merely to gain money for himself. He should try to rise (vi) ________ ‘self’ so as to forget his ‘ego’.

  1. for

  2. far

  3. more

  4. most
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'a ________ happier and better' requires an intensifier for the comparative adjective 'happier.' 'Far' is the correct choice - it means 'much' or 'considerably' in this context. 'Far happier' is a common comparative construction meaning 'much happier.'

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