Question

Complete the following proverb:
Don’t put all your eggs in one ________.
a) casket
b) bucket
c) basket
d) blanket

Answer 1

Hint: A proverb is a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options include a container that is suitable for storing eggs (as the sentence talks about keeping eggs in a certain something).
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'casket', refers to either a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated or a small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it is not suitable to keep eggs in.
Option (b.), ‘bucket', refers to a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as it is not suitable to keep eggs in.
Option (c.), ‘basket', refers to a container that is usually woven and has handles. Therefore, option (c.) is correct as it is suitable to keep eggs in.
Option (d.), ‘blanket', refers to bedding that keeps a person warm in bed. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it is not suitable to keep eggs in.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall what the given proverb ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ refers to. The proverb ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ means not dedicating all your resources to one thing.