Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Few countries can ________ India in variety, colour and richness of dance-forms.

• A. rival
• B. depict
• C. prevail
• D. fight

Answer 1

The correct option is A rival

“Rival” means a healthy competitor, so option A Ian the correct answer because it means that only a few countries can compete against India’s variety and dance forms.

Option B Ian incorrect because “ depict” means to Ben the exact same or represent the same, which is incorrect here because the statement tries to tell that “only a few” countries can rival, which means it has less competition so depict is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect because “ prevail” means to win over, or gain victory in opposition to, which is not incorrect completely, but the right sentence would be “ few countries can prevail over India”, aa prevail must be followed by “over”.

Option D is incorrect because “ to fight” means to actually be at war, which is incorrect because here it’s only about the cultural art forms that are being spoken about.