Multiple choice

Directions- In this Section you find a number of sentences, parts of which are bold. You may also find only a group of words, which is bold. For each bold part, four words/phrases are listed below. Choose the word/phrases nearest in meaning to the bold part.

There were intermittent power cuts in the city and its suburbs on Sunday.

  1. Prolonged

  2. Incoherent

  3. Sporadic

  4. Intervening

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Something that is 'intermittent' occurs at irregular intervals and is not continuous. 'Sporadic' is a synonym that also describes things occurring at scattered or irregular intervals.

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