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    Question

    Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with

    suitable adjectives and determiners. My ____ brother is an IAS officer 
    A older Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B elder Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C eldest Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D oldest Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The sentence requires a comparative form of adjective as the speaker seems to talk about one particular brother of his whom he is comparing with himself or rest of his siblings in respect to age. ‘Elder’ over ‘older’ is preferred because here the speaker is talking about his brother. We use ‘elder’ in context of a family or a community. 

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