Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.
An 1)_______________ painting from 1969 by VS Gaitonde on Feburary 24 went for a price of Rs 42 crore at an auction by Pundole’s in Mumbai. This is one of highest price for which an Indian modern or contemporary artwork has been sold at an auction internationally. Gaitonde has 2)_______________ broken records in recent years, his paintings has been selling for highest prices in auctions. For the very first time this particular oil on canvas by Gaitonde was coming into the auction market. It belongs to the Glenbarra Art Museum in Japan, which 3)_____________ the private collection of businessman Masanori Fukuoka. Gaitonde painted a limited number of canvases during his lifetime, which makes each one the most sought after. Mamta Saran shares that Gaitonde once said that his only ambition was to join an art school, everything else was by 4)______________, including finding a book on Zen Buddhism at a bookstore in Mumbai in 1959. This was a turning point in the artist’s career. The discovery of Zen Buddhism have greatly alterrd his 5)_______________ to art, making it shift from figuration and geometric shapes to abstraction.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 3.
Option 1: bewilder
Option 2: houses
Option 3: cryptic
Option 4: blurts
Correct Answer: houses
Solution : The correct answer is houses .
For the very first time this particular oil on canvas by Gaitonde was coming into the auction market. It belongs to the Glenbarra Art Museum in Japan, which houses the private collection of businessman Masanori Fukuoka.
Explanation:
Houses is the only word that will fit the blank and make the sentence coherent. It means to keep something in a building.
Meaning of the rest of the words
Bewilder- perplexed and confused; very puzzled
Cryptic-mysterious or vague, usually intentionally.
Blurt- to say something quickly and impulsively.
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