Question

Choose the alternative of the word in italics-
I was shocked at his crass behaviour.
a) Indifferent
b) Rigid
c) Insensitive
d) Difficult

Answer 1

Hint: The given word is 'crass' which means showing no sensitivity. It is an adjective. For example She showed her crass moves, and now nobody likes her.

Complete answer:
 In the given question, crass means showing no intelligence or sensitivity, or behaving childish. For example The crass assumptions that women make about men are not true at all.
Now, we will examine all the options to find out the correct options :
Option ‘a’ Indifferent. Indifferent means having no particular interest or sympathy, unconcerned, neither good nor bad, mediocre. For example, My girl is indifferent with me and my friends.
Option ‘b’ Rigid. Rigid means unable to bend or be forced out of shape, not flexible, straight; not able to be changed or adapted. For example: A seat of rigid orange plastic.
Option 'c' Insensitive. Insensitive means showing or feeling no concern for others, no sensitive to a physical or mental sensation. For example Girlfriends are regularly insensitive to their boyfriends.
Option ‘d’ Difficult. Difficult means needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with or understand, not easy to do. For example: Some relationships are difficult to manage.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the alternative word for the word 'crass' is - insensitive. Hence, option 'c' is the correct option.

Note:
 All the other options are plausible distractions. You must know the meaning of all the given options to find out the correct answer.