Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
It was my second year at boarding school. I was sitting on platform No. 8 (1)______ Ambala station, waiting for the north-bound train. My parents (2)______ me old enough to travel on my own. I (3)______ by bus to Ambala early in the evening. Now, (4)______ was a long wait till my train (5)______. Most of the time, I had been (6)______ up and down the platform, (7)______ at the bookstall, or feeding broken biscuits to stray dogs. (8)______ a train arrived, it would become (9)______. As the carriage doors opened, people would swoop down (10)______ the nervous little ticket collector at the gate.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 7.
Option 1: screening
Option 2: browsing
Option 3: dozing
Option 4: flipping
Correct Answer: browsing
Solution : The second option is correct.
Explanation:
- Screening : Conceal, protect, or shelter someone or something with a screen or something forming a screen.
- Browsing : Scan through a text, website, or collection of data to gain an impression of the contents.
- Dozing : Sleep lightly.
- Flipping : Turn over with a sudden, quick movement.
As per the context of the sentence, the narrator was having a look at the books or magazines at the bookstall .
Hence, from the given meanings, we find that the second option, i.e., browsing, is the correct choice in the seventh blank.
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