Question

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD FOR THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.
The committee holds Mr. Mittal in very high __________ no one wants him to resign for as long as possible.
A) Regards
B) Regarded
C) Regardless
D) Regard

Answer 1

Hint: Verbs are the action words in the sentence that describes what the subject is doing. Verbs are also the main part of a sentence or a phrase. For example: He accepted the offer letter and She ironed her dress.

Complete answer:
The meaning of regard is ‘consider or think of in a specified way or look on or consider or think’ and in the blank we have to put the correct word for the sentence in such a way that it grammatically fits in the sentence.
Option A) Regards – is an incorrect answer because ‘regards’ is used for the formal situations, and mainly regards is used in an email. So, the use of regards in this blank does not give an appropriate answer and thus this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Regarded – is an incorrect answer because ‘regarded’ is ‘to look closely or attentively at someone or something’ and the use of regarded is grammatically incorrect and does nor give sense in the sentence. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Regardless – is an incorrect answer because ‘regardless’ means ‘anyway or anyhow or in any case’ and the use of regardless is totally inappropriate in the blank and does not give any sense in the sentence. ‘The committee holds Mr. Mittal in very high regard and no one wants him to resign for as long as possible’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Regard – is the correct answer because ‘regard’ means ‘“to consider or think about something in a particular way’ and regard is the best fit in the sentence and is grammatically correct. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: The verb 'regard' which means consider or think of in a specified way is the correct fit for the given context of the sentence. So, option D is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.