Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

As it was combined with visits to warehouses to check _______ of cotton, it was a ______ task indeed.

  1. shreds, cautious

  2. packets, competent

  3. bales, tedious

  4. heaps, jolly

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C Correct answer
Explanation

‘Bales of cotton’ will be the right expression in this case. Moereover as visits to warehouses accompanied the work, it would be tedious. It cannot be jolly, competent or cautious. Hence, (3) is the answer.

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