Question

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

One day we saw Kala Nag. The monsoons had burst with all their fury, and it had rained in the night. The earth, which had lain parched and dry under the withering heat of the summer sun, was teeming ____1___ life. In little pools, frogs croaked. The muddy ground was littered with ____2___ worms, centipedes and velvety lady-birds. Grass ____3____ begun to show and the banana leaves glistened bright and glossy green. The _____4___ had flooded Kala Nag’s hole. He sat in an open patch on the lawn. His shiny black hood glistened in the sunlight. He was big, almost six feet in _____5____ and rounded and fleshy, as my wrist. “Looks like a King Cobra. Let’s get him."

• A. crawling
• B. singing
• C. reading
• D. talking

Answer 1

Answer:

A. crawling

Contextual Logic: The passage describes a scene after the rain where various small creatures appear on the muddy ground. Among the options provided (crawling, singing, reading, talking), only "crawling" is a physical action performed by worms and centipedes. Vocabulary: * Crawling (Correct): To move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground. This perfectly describes the movement of worms and centipedes. Singing/Reading/Talking: These are human attributes (personification) that do not fit the realistic, descriptive tone of this nature passage. Sentence Flow: "The muddy ground was littered with crawling worms, centipedes and velvety lady-birds."