Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given below:

Some of the areas in the hills are quite _________ populated. You may not find a village for miles.

• A. Heavily
• B. Densely
• C. Sparsely
• D. Quietly

Answer 1

The correct option is C Sparsely

Option C is the correct answer because ‘sparsely’ means ‘thinly scattered’. It is described in the sentence that one cannot find a village for miles. Thus, ‘sparsely’ is the most appropriate word to describe the population in the hills.
Option A is incorrect because ‘heavily’ means ‘dense’. As it is mentioned in the sentence that one cannot find a village for miles, ‘heavily’ is not the appropriate word to complete the meaning of the sentence.
Option B is incorrect because ‘densely’ means ‘closely packed together’. It is not the appropriate the word for this sentence because population is not dense in the hills.
Option D is incorrect because ‘quietly’ means ‘calm’. It is not the appropriate grammatical word for this sentence.