Fill in the blank with the correct option to form a meaningful sentence:-
The senior officer was ____ with the care of the new recruits.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → entrusted
Complete sentence: The senior officer was entrusted with the care of the new recruits. "Entrusted with" here means the officer was given that responsibility.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) trusted | to believe that someone is honest or reliable (one trusts a person, but the phrase for handing over a duty is "entrusted with", not "trusted with the care of") | I trusted him because he had always kept his word. |
| (2) mistrusted | to have no faith in someone (a mistrusted officer would not be given the care of recruits, and "mistrusted with" is not used in English) | The villagers mistrusted the smooth-talking stranger. |
| (3) entrusted (answer) | to give someone the duty of taking care of something (pattern: be entrusted with + a duty or thing) | The class monitor was entrusted with the keys of the library. |
| (4) encouraged | to give someone support or confidence ("encouraged with the care of" makes no sense) | Her parents encouraged her to take up science. |