Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
An __________ person always plans in an imaginative manner.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → ingenious
Ingenious means clever, original and inventive. A person who plans in an imaginative manner is inventive in thought, so ingenious fits the blank.
Example: The engineer found an ingenious way to save water in the factory.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: infuriated — Incorrect. Infuriated means extremely angry. Anger has no link with imaginative planning.
Example: The customer was infuriated by the long delay.
Option 3: affected — Incorrect. Affected means influenced or changed by something, or, for a person's manner, artificial and put on to impress. Neither meaning describes a person who plans imaginatively.
Example: The floods affected thousands of villages.
Option 4: effected — Incorrect. Effected means brought about or caused to happen; it is the past form of the verb "effect" and does not describe a person. (Affect and effect sound alike: to affect is to influence; to effect is to bring about.)
Example: The new manager effected several changes in the office.
The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers:
| Word | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infuriate | – | – | 19-07 S1 | – | – |
| ingenious | – | 03-06 S2 | – | – | – |