Question

Choose the correct word to fill the blank. Two words at A and B are provided for choice. If either of the word can be filled, choose C and if none of the words can be chosen then choose D as your choice:
Orders for his arrest were issued by the ____________ court.
A) Imperial
B) Imperious
C) Any one 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) Imperial – is the correct answer because the meaning of ‘imperial’ is ‘relating to an empire or royal or regal’. In the given sentence, it refers to the court that functioned under the laws of an empire and ‘imperial’ makes the sentence meaningful “Orders for his arrest were issued by the imperial court”. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option B) Imperious – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of ‘imperious’ is ‘arrogant and domineering or high-handed’. This word does not fit into the sentence as a court cannot be described as 'arrogant' and the use of ‘imperious’ makes the sentence inappropriate “Orders for his arrest were issued by the imperious court”. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Any one of these - is an incorrect answer because ‘any one of these’ means both are applicable in the sentence and we can use them in either ways. In other words, imperial and imperious both can be used. However, this is not correct because as explained above the difference between imperial and imperious 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 ‘A’.

Note:In nutshell "Orders for his arrest were issued by the ____________ court”. The sentence says that man makes his own something. To fill the blank two choices given: Imperial and imperious. The noun ‘imperial’ means a royal while the noun ‘imperious’ means arrogant. Hence, going by the meaning of the nouns, ‘imperial’ is the right choice for the blank in the sentence. So, Option A is the correct answer.