Multiple choice

The police ______ the ______ crowd by spraying the demonstrators with fire hoses and firing bullets over their heads.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 

 

  1. disseminated; docile

  2. scattered; tractable

  3. dissipated; riotous

  4. Squandered; complying

  5. dispersed; complaisant
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C Correct answer
Explanation

All the options for the first blank are relevant. But for the second blank, we infer from the ‘statement’ that the crowd has to be riotous. Thus, option (3) is correct.

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