Two blanks at once — Aptitude Question
Two blanks at once: Fill in the blanks: Although the report was ___, its conclusions were widely ___ by experts. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Fill in the Blanks & Para Jumbles
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time target: 60 seconds
Question
Fill in the blanks:
Although the report was ______, its conclusions were widely ______ by experts.
Options
- thorough … accepted
- thorough … disputed
- vague … dismissed
- brief … ignored
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. thorough … disputed
Worked solution
- Although demands a contrast between the two halves.
- thorough … disputed delivers it: a careful report whose conclusions were nevertheless challenged.
- thorough … accepted, vague … dismissed and brief … ignored each run the same way — the quality of the report and the fate of its conclusions agree — so none gives although anything to mark.
Answer: thorough … disputed.
The idea
With two blanks, fix the relation the connector demands, then test pairs rather than single words. One wrong half is enough to eliminate an option.
Shortcut. 'Although' needs the halves to pull opposite ways. thorough … accepted and brief … ignored run the same way, so they go at once; thorough … disputed is the clean clash of a careful report meeting rejection.
Common trap. thorough … accepted keeps the right first word, and a thorough report being accepted sounds natural, but it gives 'although' no contrast to mark.
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