Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the given options:
Aarav has come to our hostel as a guest for the inter-college quiz, so he should be treated as ________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → such
Complete sentence: Aarav has come to our hostel as a guest for the inter-college quiz, so he should be treated as such. Here “such” stands for “a guest”. Aarav is a guest, so he should be treated as a guest.
| Option | Form and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) so | as a pronoun stands for a whole idea or statement, after verbs like think, hope, say and tell | Meena says the match will be cancelled, and her brother thinks so too. |
| (2) it | stands for a thing or an animal, not for a person | I lost my pen, but Riya found it under the desk. |
| (3) that | as a pronoun points to a particular thing at a distance or one just mentioned | That is my school bag on the bench. |
| (4) such (answer) | can stand for a noun said just before it; “as such” means as that kind of person or thing | Ravi is the class monitor, and the teachers treat him as such. |