Directions: In each of the following sentence there are three blank...

Directions: In each of the following sentence there are three blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five options and each option consists of three words which can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct.

Naidu is now engaged in bringing up Amravati, the spanking new capital city of Andhra Pradesh, which will be of global standards, _________ the relatively better planned capital cities of Chandigarh and Gandhinagar. Under Naidu, Andhra Pradesh could also be India’s first user of the hyperloop, the __________ mode of travel being developed by the headline __________ US billionaire and inventor Elon Musk.

Options

A
surveying, past, gripped
B
surpassing, futuristic, grabbing
C
dawdle, advanced, clutching
D
beating, plain, grasped

Correct answer

surpassing, futuristic, grabbing

Step-by-step solution

Option A is incorrect due to the 1 and 2 blanks being a mismatch and the third being incorrect grammatically.

Option C is incorrect due to blanks 1 and 3.

Option D: Blanks 2 and 3 are wrong.

Option E is incorrect due to blank 3 being incorrect grammatically.

Option B is a perfect fit.

Hence, Option B is the answer.

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