___ more action and thought are allied and integrated,
(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 ___,...)
- Asome
- Bif
- Cthe
Explanation
The correlative construction is 'the more... the more': 'the more action and thought are allied and integrated, the more effective...' Only 'the' (C) completes it; 'some' (A) and 'if' (B) cannot. Hence the answer is C.