0QUESTION
Q 10There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose
the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Occasionally, though, in the course of our daily Internet culling, we stumble on some news that makes us question our assumptions about the ____________ effects of literature. It saddens us to
say it, but sometimes, books bring out the worst in people, and are made into ____________to all kinds of crimes.
(a) mitigating, tools (b) elevating, handicaps
(c) ameliorative, accessories (d) transcending, aids
ANSWER
c )The preposition ‘to’ after the second blank is very
helpful.
Options (a) and (b) can be eliminated as ‘tools
to crime’ or ‘handicaps to crime’ would be incorrect.
Out of options (d) and (c), ‘transcending’ would be
inappropriate for the first blank.
