Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropri…

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Words)
(A) Most farmers in the village were ______ about the new drought-resistant seeds until the first harvest doubled their yield.	(I) stilted
(B) The farewell speech was so ______, full of tearful lines about ‘golden days that will never return’, that the students began to giggle.	(II) sceptical
(C) Ritu’s ______ practice, two hours every morning for three years, finally earned her a place in the state chess team.	(III) sedulous
(D) His English was correct but ______; he spoke to his friends as if he were reading out a government notice.	(IV) mawkish

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Most farmers in the village were sceptical about the new drought-resistant seeds until the first harvest doubled their yield.	(II) sceptical	Sceptical means doubting that something is true or will work. The farmers doubted the seeds until they saw the result.
(B) The farewell speech was so mawkish, full of tearful lines about ‘golden days that will never return’, that the students began to giggle.	(IV) mawkish	Mawkish means sentimental in a silly, overdone way. The tearful lines were so overdone that they made the students laugh.
(C) Ritu’s sedulous practice, two hours every morning for three years, finally earned her a place in the state chess team.	(III) sedulous	Sedulous means showing steady care and hard work. Two hours every morning for three years shows this.
(D) His English was correct but stilted; he spoke to his friends as if he were reading out a government notice.	(I) stilted	Stilted means stiff and too formal, not natural. Talking to friends like a government notice is not natural.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Words)
(A) Most farmers in the village were ______ about the new drought-resistant seeds until the first harvest doubled their yield.	(I) stilted
(B) The farewell speech was so ______, full of tearful lines about ‘golden days that will never return’, that the students began to giggle.	(II) sceptical
(C) Ritu’s ______ practice, two hours every morning for three years, finally earned her a place in the state chess team.	(III) sedulous
(D) His English was correct but ______; he spoke to his friends as if he were reading out a government notice.	(IV) mawkish

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Most farmers in the village were sceptical about the new drought-resistant seeds until the first harvest doubled their yield.	(II) sceptical	Sceptical means doubting that something is true or will work. The farmers doubted the seeds until they saw the result.
(B) The farewell speech was so mawkish, full of tearful lines about ‘golden days that will never return’, that the students began to giggle.	(IV) mawkish	Mawkish means sentimental in a silly, overdone way. The tearful lines were so overdone that they made the students laugh.
(C) Ritu’s sedulous practice, two hours every morning for three years, finally earned her a place in the state chess team.	(III) sedulous	Sedulous means showing steady care and hard work. Two hours every morning for three years shows this.
(D) His English was correct but stilted; he spoke to his friends as if he were reading out a government notice.	(I) stilted	Stilted means stiff and too formal, not natural. Talking to friends like a government notice is not natural.