Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate fillers for the blanks such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

“My Experiments with Truth” is an __________ autobiography in which the author traces his fight against ________, his intermittent succumbing, his devotional attachment to India and God, and his people.

  1. flamboyant ….. provocations

  2. ostentatious ….. enticements

  3. conceited ….. incentives

  4. unpretentious ….. temptations

  5. emulous ….. determinants

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

As an autobiography has to be simple, so flamboyant (showy) in (1), ostentatious in (2), conceited (having an exaggerated opinion of oneself) in (3) and emulous (desirous of equaling or surpassing) in (5) are ruled out. 'Unpretentious' means simple, prosaic. Therefore, it replaces the first blank. Hence, (4) is the answer.