Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
This book is about a man who __________ his family and went to live in the Himalayas.

• A. exiled
• B. deserted
• C. banished
• D. expelled
• E. admonished

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

deserted

Option B: 'Deserted' means 'abandoned in a way that is considered disloyal or treacherous'.

Here the book is about a man who abandoned his family and went to the Himalayas.

Hence this word completes the sentence in meaning and option B is correct.

Option A: 'Exiled' means 'having been expelled or barred from one's country, as a form of punishment'.

Option C: 'Banished' also means 'sent away from a country as an official punishment'.

Option D: 'Expelled' means 'forced to leave a place'.

Option E: 'Admonished' means 'warn someone firmly'.

These words are not the most suitable to the sentence in meaning and relevance.

Hence options A, C, D and E are incorrect.