Fill in the blank with the word that completes the oxymoron:
During the power cut, the hostel corridor sat in a strange, bright ________, lit only by twenty phone torches.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → darkness
Complete sentence: During the power cut, the hostel corridor sat in a strange, bright darkness, lit only by twenty phone torches. An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. The corridor was dark because of the power cut, yet the phone torches made bright spots in it.
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) darkness (answer) | the opposite of “bright” | At the night concert, a thousand phone lights shone in the bright darkness of the stadium. |
| (2) corner | not the opposite of “bright”, so “bright corner” is a plain description, not an oxymoron | Riya keeps her tulsi plant in a bright corner of the balcony. |
| (3) light | not the opposite of “bright”, so “bright light” is a plain description, not an oxymoron | The bright light of the stage lamps hurt my eyes. |
| (4) glow | not the opposite of “bright”, so “bright glow” is a plain description, not an oxymoron | The diyas gave a bright glow to the whole street. |