Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words from the given options:
I don’t expect him to change his mind because I know he is very _______.
(a)Patient
(b)Hard working
(c)Abstinate
(d)Obstinate

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. Try to make out the core meaning of it. Find out the subject, predicate and the object of the given sentence.

Complete answer:The given sentence conveys that the speaker doesn’t expect someone to change his mind because the speaker knew that he wouldn’t. We have to give a one word answer for this given sentence.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option :
(a)Patient-It is an adjective which means – ‘able to stay calm and not get angry’, especially when there is a difficulty or you have to wait a long time.
(b)Hard working-It is an adjective which means ‘to work with effort and energy’. It cannot be used in the given blank, so we will eliminate this option.
(c)Abstibate-This word has no meaning and it doesn’t exist in the dictionary.
(d)Obstinate-It is an adjective which means – ‘to change your opinions, way of behaving’, etc. when other people try to persuade you.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the correct word to be filled in the given sentence is & obstinate. Hence, option ‘d’ is the correct option.

Note:All the other options are plausible distractions. You must know the words which have no meaning and cannot be the correct answer at all.