Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable conjunction:
To go from Mumbai to Goa, you can fly, ______ you can ride the ferry.
A. And
B. But
C. So
D. Or

Answer 1

Hint: Conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. For example: but, and, yet, because, nor, although, since, unless and etc.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A) And – is an incorrect answer because 'and' is used to connect two clauses in a sentence. Here, we cannot say -'You can fly and you can ride the ferry', because travelling can't be done in two ways at a same time. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) But – is an incorrect answer because 'but' is used to express excuses and contrasting clauses in a sentence. As the sentence doesn't have contrasting ideas or clauses, so 'but' cannot be used here. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) So – is an incorrect answer because 'so' is used to express reasons. The sentence has two alternative ways to travel to Goa from Mumbai, hence, we need a conjunction that combine these alternatives. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Or – is the correct answer because ‘or’ is used to combine the alternatives in the sentence. Hence, this is the correct answer.
To go from Mumbai to Goa, you can fly, or you can ride the ferry.

So, the correct answer is “Option D”.

Note:
The given sentence needs to be filled with the most fitted conjunction. The words 'you can fly' and 'you can ride the ferry' are both alternatives. Hence, we need a conjunction that can combine the two alternative clauses in one sentence.