Question

Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence:
He was a very docile person and thus a favourite of his neighbours.

• A. easily irritated
• B. easily managed
• C. easily disturbed
• D. easily fooled

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

easily managed

Option B: 'Docile' means 'ready to accept control or instruction, submissive'.

'Easily managed' means 'easy to be handled by or controlled by someone'.

This word means the same as the given italicized word. Hence option B is correct.

Option A: 'Easily irritated' means 'easily feeling slight anger or annoyed'.

Option C: 'Easily disturbed' means 'having the normal pattern or functioning disrupted, without any difficulty or effort'.

Option D: 'Easily fooled' means 'tricked or deceived by someone very easily'.

These words do not mean the same as the given word 'docile'.

So, options A, C and D are wrong.