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 analysis of human bones found in a/an 1) ____________________ well in Punjab has confirmed that they are the remains of Indian soldiers from the Gangetic plains who participated in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. The bones were excavated by 2) ___________________ archaeologists in Ajnala, a town in Amritsar district, in February 2014. At the time of their discovery, two theories emerged: whether they were bodies of soldiers who participated in the 1857 revolt (sometimes called the First War of Independence), or bodies of people who were killed in the mass 3) ___________________ during India’s partition in 1947. Scientists who conducted genetic and 4) ___________________ analyses of the remains have now confirmed that the bones are 165 years old. All of them are adult males from Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and eastern Uttar Pradesh, a paper published on Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Genetics that describes the analyses said. The theory that the remains could belong to 5) __________________ of mass violence during partition was easy to rule out, since coins with engravings of Queen Victoria and the year of their make were also retrieved during the excavation. None of the marks dated beyond 1856.
Q. Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.
Option 1: indelicate
Option 2: amateur
Option 3: unscrupulous
Option 4: ostentatious
Correct Answer: amateur
Solution : The correct answer is amateur.
The bones were excavated by amateur archaeologists in Ajnala, a town in Amritsar district, in February 2014. At the time of their discovery
Explanation:
Amateur is the only word that will fit the blank and make the sentence coherent. It refers to someone who participates in a hobby, especially a sport, for free rather than for a living.
Meaning of the rest of the words
Indelicate- lacking or displaying sensitive understanding or tact.
Unscrupulous- lacking moral principles; not honest or fair.
Ostentatious- distinguished by pretentious or showy display; intended to impress.
An analysis of human bones
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