Multiple choice

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all the blanks in the way that best completes the sentence. The cockroach, that __(i)__ creature and the housewife's persistent foe (ii) the dinosaur and could even survive a nuclear disaster. Blank (i) Blank (ii) repulsive ancestors repellant predates repugnant precedes

  1. repellant, predates

  2. repugnant, precedes

  3. repulsive, precedes

  4. repulsive, ancestors

  5. repugnant, predates
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The word for the first blank must have similar connotation as 'the housewife's persistent foe' (due to         presence of 'and'), therefore 'repellant' in and 'repugnant' seem to fit our prediction. Looking at the second blank, a cockroach predating (to come before in time) dinosaur gives cogent meaning to the sentence. Hence, (5) is the answer.

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