Choose the appropriate option to fill in the blank:-
He was dozing while on duty.
The doctor asked him to have one ____ of the medicine.
A. dose
B. dozse
C. doze
D. doce
E. dosce
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A only
Dose (noun) is a measured amount of a medicine taken at one time. The doctor asked him to take one dose of the medicine, so "dose" fills the blank.
Example: Take one dose of this syrup after every meal.
Doze, which sounds almost the same, is a verb meaning to sleep lightly for a short time, as in the first sentence: "He was dozing while on duty". As a noun, a doze is a short light sleep, so "one doze of the medicine" makes no sense.
Example: Grandfather often dozes in his chair after lunch.
Tip: In this question the options do not follow the order of the statements (Option 1 = B only, Option 2 = C only, Option 3 = A only, Option 4 = E only). NTA often jumbles the options in this way, so after finding the correct statement, read the options carefully and mark the one with the right letter.