Question

Choose the correct word to fill the blank.
Man is the maker of his own ___________.
A) Destination
B) Destiny
C) Any of these
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: A noun is a word that names something: either a person, place, or thing. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complement, appositive, or adjective.

Complete answer:
Option A) Destination – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of destination is ‘the place to which someone or something is going or being sent or landing place’ and if we use destination in the blank it will become inappropriate. ‘Man is the maker of his own destination’. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Destiny – is the correct answer because the meaning of destiny is ‘future or fate or fortune or the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future’ and this is the correct choice if we use it in the blank, as this makes the meaning in the sentence ‘Man is the maker of his own destiny’. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option C) Any of these – is an incorrect answer because ‘any of these’ means both are applicable in the sentence and we can use them in either ways. In other words, destination and destiny both can be used. However, this is not correct because as explained above the difference between destination and destiny makes the things clear. Thus, this is an incorrect option.

Option D) None of these – this is a void option, because option B is the correct answer and option D is an incorrect option.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘ B’.

Note: In nutshell "Man is the maker of his own ________." The sentence says that man makes his own something. To fill the blank two choices given: Destiny and Destination. The noun 'destiny' means a person's fate while the noun 'destination' means the end point of a journey. It's clear that no one can make the end point of his or her journey as it already exists. However, one can make one's fate or fortune by one's decisions and actions as one's destiny does not exist already. Hence, going by the meaning of the nouns, 'destiny' is the right choice for the blank in the sentence. So, Option B is the correct answer.