Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
There can be several _____ of indoor air pollution. Tobacco smoke is one of the _____ important air pollutants in closed places. ‘Passive smoking’ or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) pollution can lead to all the harmful _____ of tobacco smoking seen in the smokers in their non-smoking companions. The children of smoking parents are among the worst _____ persons.
रिक्त स्थानों की पूर्ति के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन कीजिए:
There can be several _____ of indoor air pollution. Tobacco smoke is one of the _____ important air pollutants in closed places. ‘Passive smoking’ or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) pollution can lead to all the harmful _____ of tobacco smoking seen in the smokers in their non-smoking companions. The children of smoking parents are among the worst _____ persons.
Options:
- sources, many, effects, affected
- sources, much, effects, affected
- sources, most, affects, effected
- sources, most, effects, affected
- sources, many, effects, affected
- sources, much, effects, affected
- sources, most, affects, effected
- sources, most, effects, affected
Correct Answer: d)
Explanation:
1. First blank: ‘several’ requires the plural countable noun ‘sources’.
2. Second blank: The superlative structure ‘one of the most important’ requires ‘most’.
3. Third blank: ‘effects’ (noun meaning results/consequences) fits after ‘harmful’ (whereas ‘affects’ is a verb).
4. Fourth blank: ‘affected’ (past participle acting as adjective) describes the persons impacted (‘worst affected persons’).
Thus, ‘sources, most, effects, affected’ is correct.
1. पहले रिक्त स्थान में ‘several’ के बाद बहुवचन संज्ञा ‘sources’ (स्रोत) आएगी।
2. दूसरे रिक्त स्थान में ‘one of the most important’ (सुपरलेटिव डिग्री) के लिए ‘most’ आएगा।
3. तीसरे रिक्त स्थान में विशेषण ‘harmful’ के बाद संज्ञा ‘effects’ (दुष्प्रभाव) आएगी (‘affects’ क्रिया होती है)।
4. चौथे रिक्त स्थान में प्रभावित व्यक्तियों को दर्शाने के लिए विशेषण ‘affected’ आएगा (‘worst affected persons’)।
अतः सही विकल्प **sources, most, effects, affected** है।