Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word-
A bad workman ________ with his tools.
a) Plays
b) Works
c) Quarrels
d) Fights

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given phrase/sentence carefully. Try to make out the meaning of it and find the subject or the predicate or the main object of the sentence.

Complete answer:
The given sentence conveys that a workman who is bad will do something not related to working with the given tools. This given phrase is an idiom and has a metaphoric meaning. The idiom is – A bad workman quarrels with his tools. It means that - Our success does not depend on what kind of tools we use but how we use them.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option -
Option ‘a’ is Plays. It cannot be the correct option as it doesn’t fit in the given idiom. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘b’ is Works. It cannot be the correct answer as well. It doesn’t fit in the given idiom, so we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘c’ is Quarrels. It will fit in the given blank as the actual idiom also has this word. So, this is the correct option.
Option ‘d’ is Fights. It cannot be the correct answer as well. It doesn’t fit in the given idiom, so we will eliminate this option.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the word to be filled in the blank is – quarrels. Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct option.

Note:
All the other options are plausible distractions and you must know the actual idiom for such questions.