Question
Given below is a sentence with one blank. Below the
sentence are given four words among which one word might fill the blank. If none of the words fill the blank to form a meaningful sentence, choose option 5 ‘None of the above’ as your answer. After months of dry weather, the farmers were relieved to see the sky filled with dark clouds, a clear sign of ___________ rain.Solution
The sentence suggests that the clouds are a sign that rain is coming soon. "Approaching" means coming nearer in time or space, which fits the context. The other words (frequent, artificial, harmful) either don’t make sense here or change the meaning negatively.
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