it is an automatic, ___ action
(Passage context: I was engaged in many activities and I wanted a proper reconciliation between my activity and thought. Thought without ___ is undeveloped thought. Action without ___ is folly. Of course we ___ act on some impulse or ___ urge. If suddenly you throw ___ brick at me and my ___ goes up in front to ___ myself, it is an automatic, ___ action and not a result ___ deliberate thought. Our living is ___ by a series of automatic ___ from morning till night. Anything ___ do outside that common range of ___,...)
- Auncontrollable
- Binstinctive
- Cimpulsive
Explanation
A reflex like raising one's hand is 'instinctive' (B) action — automatic rather than deliberate. 'Uncontrollable' (A) is too strong, and 'impulsive' (C) implies rashness rather than reflex. Hence the answer is B.