Question

Select suitable option to complete the sentence:

Even when Mohan's reputation was in ______ almost everyone was willing to admit that he had genius.

• A. peregrination
• B. accumulation
• C. eclipse
• D. rebuttal
• E. failure

Answer 1

The correct option is C eclipse

Option A: 'Peregrination' means 'a journey or voyage'.

Option B: 'Accumulation' refers to 'a mass or quantity of something that has been gradually building up'.

Option C: 'Eclipse' refers to 'the downfall or decline of something or someone'.

Option D: 'Rebuttal' means 'a denial'.

Option E: 'Failure' means 'lack of something'.

From these words, 'eclipse' is most appropriate in meaning: 'Mohan's reputation was in eclipse/decline.

Hence option C is correct.

The other words do not contribute a relevant meaning to the sentence.

'Eclipse' is similar to 'failure' but the latter is not suitable in terms of wording: one is not 'IN failure', but one EXPERIENCES it.

Hence options A, B, D and E are wrong.