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Question 92 MCQ 2015 Medium MCQ +3.00 marks · -1.00 negative

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows. "The most ___(i)___ respect in which ideas have helped mankind is numbers. There must have been a time when homo sapiens was a very rare species, subsisting precariously in jungles and caves, terrified of wild beasts, having difficulty in securing nourishment. At this period the biological advantage of his greater intelligence, which was cumulative because it could be handed on from generation to generation, had scarcely begun to outweigh the disadvantages of his long infancy, his lessened ___(ii)___ as compared with monkeys, and his lack of ___(iii)___ protection against cold. In those days, the number of men must certainly have been very small. The main use to which, throughout the ages, men have put their technical skill has been ___(iv)___ the total population. I do not mean that this was the intention, but that it was, in fact, the effect. If this is something to rejoice in, then we have occasion to rejoice." In the above passage identify the missing words. Choose one word from each column for the 4 blanks. (i): equivocal / inconclusive / indubitable / uncertain (ii): freedom / agility / confidence / appetite (iii): hirsute / stubbled / feathery / unshaven (iv): increase / decrease / endanger / extol

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