Read the passage and answer the question.
"When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to mere chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun.
"His name was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgement, easy motions, proper dress, and general good character. On Sundays he was a man of misty views, rather given to postponing, and hampered by his best clothes and umbrella; upon the whole, one who felt himself to occupy morally that vast middle space of Laodicean neutrality which lay between the Communion people of the parish and the drunken section....
"Since he lived six times as many working days as Sundays, Oak's appearance in his old clothes was most peculiarly his own-the mental picture formed by his neighbours in imagining him being always dressed that way. He wore a low-crowned felt hat, spread out at the base by tight jamming upon the head for security in high winds, and a coat like Dr. Johnson's; his lower extremities being encased in ordinary leather leggings and boots emphatically large, affording to each foot a roomy apartment so constructed that any wearer might stand in a river all day long and know nothing about it-their maker being a conscientious man who always endeavoured to compensate for any weakness in his cut by unstinted dimension and solidity....
The word 'Conscientious' means a person who does things ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Carefully and correctly
Conscientious means careful to do one's work well and correctly, out of a sense of duty. The bootmaker was a conscientious man who made up for any weakness in his cut by making the boots large and solid.
Example: She is a conscientious student who checks every answer twice.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Illogically — Incorrect. Illogically means without sense or reason, the opposite of careful work.
Example: He argued illogically and lost the debate.
Option 2: Unconsciously — Incorrect. Unconsciously means without being aware of what one is doing. Conscientious is not related to "conscious". It comes from "conscience", one's sense of right and duty.
Example: She unconsciously tapped her foot to the music.
Option 3: Unintentionally and accidentally — Incorrect. These mean without meaning to, by chance. A conscientious person acts with deliberate care.
Example: He accidentally deleted the file.
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