Question

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

Words: disabled, flimsy, crippled, lame

1. Don't make ____ excuses.
2. Liberalization may have ____ smaller manufacturers.
3. Being a defaulter at the stock exchange makes him a ____ duck.
4. A ____ person may limp.

• A. in all the four sentences
• B. in three sentences
• C. in two sentences
• D. in only one

Hint:

Test each word in every sentence and count how many sound natural or idiomatic.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This question checks which of the four words, disabled, flimsy, crippled, or lame, fits the largest number of the four given sentences in its most natural, idiomatic sense.

1. in all the four sentences: No single word from the list naturally fits all four blanks, since each sentence calls for a specific word based on common usage.
2. in three sentences: Testing each word shows none of them fits three of the four sentences naturally, since the four sentences split evenly between two different words.
3. in two sentences: "Lame" fits sentence 1 ("lame excuses") and sentence 3 ("lame duck", the idiom for someone discredited). "Crippled" fits sentence 2 (liberalization crippling small manufacturers) and sentence 4 (a crippled person may limp). Both words reach exactly two sentences each, and no word beats this count.
4. in only one: This undercounts the fit, since both "lame" and "crippled" clearly work in two sentences each, not just one.

Testing all four words against all four sentences shows "lame" and "crippled" each complete exactly two sentences, and neither word manages three or four, so the maximum is two sentences.

Let's summarize:

• "Lame" fits the idioms "lame excuse" and "lame duck", covering sentences 1 and 3.
• "Crippled" fits the sense of being badly weakened or physically disabled, covering sentences 2 and 4.

So the maximum number of sentences that any single word fits is two, option (C).