Directions: Select the most appropriate fillers for the blanks such that the sentence makes coherent sense.
At a public meeting where the great masses are gathered together, the best speaker is not he, whose way of ________ a subject is most akin to the spirit of intellectuals who may happen to be present, but the speaker who knows how to win the ________ of the masses.
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dealing, laurels
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approaching, heart
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talking, strength
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understanding, mind
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impinging, accolades
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Of all the options for the second blank, ‘heart’ or ‘mind’ is appropriate, which leaves us with options (2) and (4) as the possible correct answers. For the first blank, the word ‘approaching’ is more appropriate than ‘understanding’ as at a public meeting, one must approach the subject in such a way that it should win the heart of the masses. Hence, (2) is the answer.