Question

    Given below is a sentence with one blank, following which are given four options to choose, to fill the blank. Choose the correct option that can fill the blank to form a meaningful sentence. If you do not find any correct options choose option e ‘None of the above as your answer’. 

    The term was in use before the rise of the party as a _________ and derogatory word for a backward peasant, an awkward and clumsy person.

    A Colloquial Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Equivocal Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Colonial Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Improbable Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    We need to fit in a word that acts as an adjective to qualify the noun word. Hence colloquial is correct as it means a language or a word which is informal and used in daily language or is causal.

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