Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Words) |
|---|---|
| (A) The landlord has told every ______ to pay the rent before the fifth of each month. | (I) tenet |
| (B) Non-violence was the central ______ of Gandhiji’s fight for freedom. | (II) precipitous |
| (C) The path to the hill fort runs along a ______ cliff, so the railings there were raised last year. | (III) tenant |
| (D) A sudden rise in the price of cooking gas could ______ a crisis for small dhaba owners. | (IV) precipitate |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) The landlord has told every tenant to pay the rent before the fifth of each month. | (III) tenant | A tenant is a person who lives in a house or uses a place and pays rent to its owner. |
| (B) Non-violence was the central tenet of Gandhiji’s fight for freedom. | (I) tenet | A tenet is a main belief or principle that a person or group holds. |
| (C) The path to the hill fort runs along a precipitous cliff, so the railings there were raised last year. | (II) precipitous | Precipitous means very steep, going sharply up or down. It is an adjective. |
| (D) A sudden rise in the price of cooking gas could precipitate a crisis for small dhaba owners. | (IV) precipitate | To precipitate something means to make a bad event happen suddenly or sooner than expected. It is a verb. |