Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
Call it a blessing or a _____ of Mother Nature, we have to breathe in _____ 10,000 litres of air in a day to remain alive. By making it essential for life, God has wished that we try to _____ the air we breathe clean. Everyone can see the food that is not clean and perhaps refrain from eating it, _____ one cannot stop breathing even if one can feel the air to be polluted.
रिक्त स्थानों की पूर्ति के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प का चयन कीजिए:
Call it a blessing or a _____ of Mother Nature, we have to breathe in _____ 10,000 litres of air in a day to remain alive. By making it essential for life, God has wished that we try to _____ the air we breathe clean. Everyone can see the food that is not clean and perhaps refrain from eating it, _____ one cannot stop breathing even if one can feel the air to be polluted.
Options:
- curse, over, keep, but
- curse, between, keep, because
- curse, over, keeping, yet
- cursing, over, keep, since
- curse, over, keep, but
- curse, between, keep, because
- curse, over, keeping, yet
- cursing, over, keep, since
Correct Answer: a)
Explanation:
1. First blank: ‘curse’ (noun) pairs naturally with ‘blessing’ (‘blessing or a curse’).
2. Second blank: ‘over’ means more than (‘over 10,000 litres’).
3. Third blank: Infinitive ‘try to’ takes base verb ‘keep’ (‘try to keep the air clean’).
4. Fourth blank: ‘but’ provides the contrast between refraining from eating unclean food versus the impossibility of stopping breathing.
Hence, ‘curse, over, keep, but’ is correct.
1. पहले रिक्त स्थान में ‘blessing’ (वरदान) के विलोम के रूप में संज्ञा ‘curse’ (अभिशाप) आएगी (‘blessing or a curse’)।
2. दूसरे रिक्त स्थान में ‘10,000 लीटर से अधिक’ दर्शाने के लिए ‘over’ आएगा।
3. तीसरे रिक्त स्थान में ‘try to’ (infinitive) के बाद क्रिया का मूल रूप ‘keep’ आएगा (‘try to keep the air clean’)।
4. चौथे रिक्त स्थान में भोजन और साँस लेने की स्थितियों के बीच विरोधाभास दर्शाने के लिए ‘but’ (परंतु) आएगा।
अतः सही विकल्प **curse, over, keep, but** है।