Multiple choice

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

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. these

  2. their

  3. those

  4. that

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A Correct answer
Explanation

The demonstrative 'these' correctly refers back to the 'great religious teachers of the world' just mentioned in the same sentence. 'Their' would be a possessive pronoun but doesn't fit syntactically, while 'those' and 'that' are too distant referentially.