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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 19

Topic: Sentence completion

Directions · Q16 to Q25

Each of the following items features one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative.

Q19

His condition is serious, but

  1. (a) it should be worse
  2. (b) it ought to be worse
  3. (c) it could be worseCorrect answer
  4. (d) it had been going to be worse

Solution.

Answer: (c) it could be worse

  1. “But it could be worse” qualifies the seriousness by saying a worse condition is possible.
  2. Should or ought would imply desirability or expectation of deterioration, which does not fit the natural contrast.