Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
The new education policy provides a useful______for the planners to remove illiteracy.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → breakthrough
Two-step check: 1. Part of speech: after "a useful" the blank needs a noun. 2. Meaning: a step forward that removes an obstacle. Only "breakthrough" passes both.
A breakthrough (a noun, written as one word) is an important development that removes an obstacle and makes progress possible. The blank after "a useful" needs a noun, and the policy gives planners such a step forward in removing illiteracy.
Example: The new vaccine was a major breakthrough in medicine.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: break in — Incorrect. Break in is a phrasal verb meaning to enter a building by force, or to interrupt; a verb cannot follow "a useful".
Example: Thieves broke in through the back window.
Option 2: break away — Incorrect. Break away means to leave or escape from a group or from control.
Example: Some members broke away to form a new party.
Option 3: break up — Incorrect. Break up means to come to an end (of a meeting or a relationship) or to break into pieces.
Example: The meeting broke up at noon.