Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
Every product is ______tested before being sold in the retail market.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → exhaustively
Exhaustively means thoroughly and completely, covering every detail. A product must be tested in this careful, complete way before it is sold in the market.
Example: The new vaccine was exhaustively tested before it was approved.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: desultorily — Incorrect. Desultorily means in a half-hearted way, without plan or purpose; it is the opposite of the careful testing a product needs.
Example: He turned the pages desultorily, reading nothing in full.
Option 3: indeterminately — Incorrect. Indeterminately means in a vague way, not fixed or settled; it does not describe a testing process.
Example: The boundary between the two villages was drawn indeterminately, so both claimed the same field.
Option 4: haphazardly — Incorrect. Haphazardly means in a careless, disorganised way, without any order; it goes against proper testing.
Example: The books were stacked haphazardly on the shelf.
The following words have also been asked in other CUET (UG) English papers:
| Word | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| desultory | – | 27-05 S1 30-05 S1 | – | – | – |
| haphazard | – | – | – | 22-06 S1 | – |