Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Comprehension - (Narrative / Factual)

Question:

Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the run, (1) ______ Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a one-dollar commemorative circulation coin (2)______  Monday on the campus of Simon Fraser University. Fox was (3)__________ undergraduate student and basketball player at SFU when a malignant tumour was discovered in his right leg in 1977. It resulted in (4)_______. A bronze statue of Fox, one of many such tributes across Canada, looks over the academic quadrangle of the university, just a short stroll from the theatre where Monday's (5)_______ was held.

 

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.

Options:

unveiling 

countervailing 

reconciling 

veiling 

Correct Answer:

unveiling 

Explanation:

- The complete sentence is: A bronze statue of Fox, one of many such tributes across Canada, looks over the academic quadrangle of the university, just a short stroll from the theatre where Monday's unveiling was held.

- The term "unveiling" is a noun that refers to the act of revealing or making something known or visible for the first time.

- In this context, it means the act of revealing the bronze statue of Fox.