Question : Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
Music has great qualities of healing a person emotionally and mentally. Music is a form of meditation. While composing or listening to music, one tends to forget all his worries, sorrows, and pains. But, in order to (1)_____ good music, we need to cultivate our musical taste. It can be cited that in the Dwapar Yug, the Gopis would get. (2) ____with the music that flowed from Lord Krishna's flute. They would. (3)____ themselves to HIm. Also, the research has proved that the plants which listen to music grow at a faster rate in (4) ____ to the others.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 1
Option 1: Appreciate
Option 2: Combat
Option 3: Convict
Option 4: Denounce
Correct Answer:
Appreciate
Solution : The correct response is option 1 i.e 'Appreciate.'
Explanation:
'Music' is the subject of the passage.
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Let us return to the passage's line, "But, in order to (1) good music, we need to cultivate our musical taste".
We can deduce from the preceding sentence that we must have musical taste in order to appreciate good music.
'Appreciate' in option 1 means to recognise the full worth of.
So the correct word for blank is 'appreciate.'.
Let us look at the definitions of some other words:
Fighting between armed forces is referred to as combat.
Convict - Declare (someone) guilty of a criminal offense by a jury verdict or a judge's decision in a court of law.
Denounce - to openly or publicly condemn or censure
