Fill in the blank with the correct Adverb.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
He is ________ known outside India.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → little
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
Complete sentence: He is little known outside India. "He is little known outside India" means few people outside India know him.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) little (answer) | As an adverb, little means hardly, not much. Before a past participle such as "known", it gives the fixed pattern little known: known to very few people. | The village is little known to tourists. |
| (2) least | Least is the superlative. It needs "the" and a comparison with all others of a group (the least known of all his books). | This is the least expensive phone in the shop. |
| (3) less | Less is the comparative. It needs a second thing to compare with (less known than his brother), and the sentence has none. | Walking is less tiring than running. |
| (4) lesser | Lesser is an adjective meaning smaller or less important, used before a noun (a lesser evil). It does not work as an adverb after "is". | Of the two evils, choose the lesser one. |