Question

In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase for blank 1.

• A. of
• B. in
• C. into
• D. off
• E. from

Answer 1

The correct option is A of

'In an upper-class drawing room in Mumbai, a dozen or so ____ the city's intelligentsia' is the line. We need a conjunction. The dozens are the members of the city's intelligentsia. Hence the best word is 'of'.