Question

Find the maximum number of times any one of the given words fits the sets of sentences.

Words: RAISE, ARISE, AROSE, RISE

i) Opportunities will ______, and you must grab them.
ii) A hot wind ______ from the desert.
iii) I ______ at dawn on most days.
iv) A mood of optimism ______ among the people.

• A. in all four sentences
• B. in 3 sentences
• C. in 2 sentences
• D. in 1 sentence

Hint:

Check which of raise, arise, arose, or rise can fill the most blanks; arose fits two.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

A different way to solve this is to go sentence by sentence and decide which word fits each one, then count how many times each word appears in that final list.

1. Sentence (i), "Opportunities will ______, and you must grab them", needs a word for an abstract thing appearing in the future. ARISE fits here: "Opportunities will arise".
2. Sentence (ii), "A hot wind ______ from the desert", describes a single past event. AROSE fits here: "A hot wind arose from the desert".
3. Sentence (iii), "I ______ at dawn on most days", describes a daily habit. RISE fits here: "I rise at dawn on most days".
4. Sentence (iv), "A mood of optimism ______ among the people", describes an abstract feeling appearing in the past. AROSE fits here too: "A mood of optimism arose among the people".

Now count the words in this list: arise appears once, rise appears once, and arose appears twice, in sentences (ii) and (iv). Raise does not appear at all, since it always needs a direct object.

Let's summarize:

• Going sentence by sentence gives the same words as going word by word.
• Arose is the only word used twice, in sentences (ii) and (iv).

So the maximum number of times any single word fits is 2, confirming option (3).