Question

We couldn’t see the meteor shower due to _____ weather conditions.
a) hot
b) cold
c) unfavourable
d) favourable

Answer 1

Hint: An adjective is a word that expresses an attribute of something. The adjective is the word class that qualifies nouns.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which adjective indicates that the weather was not suitable to watch the meteor shower.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'hot', is defined as ‘used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning.’
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as hot weather does not mean that a meteor shower cannot be seen.
Option (b.), ‘cold', is defined as ‘having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration.’
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as a cold-weather does not mean that a meteor shower cannot be seen.
Option (c.), ‘unfavourable', is defined as ‘(of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose.’
Therefore, option (c.) is correct as this option indicates that the weather was such that it did not allow a meteor shower to be seen, without specifying which type of weather it was.
Option (d.), ‘favourable', is defined as ‘(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate.’ Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as a favourable weather condition would not have deterred them from seeing the meteor shower.

Note:
In this type of question, the student will have to apply logical sense more than grammatical sense. An unfavourable weather condition simply says that the weather was such that seeing a meteor shower was not possible. On the other hand, hot/cold weather conditions do not specify any such thing.