2021 · Q60
Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the most appropriate word or group of words for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Indiscriminate use of fertilizers ______ in soil and water pollution.
EnglishFill in the Blanks
- Awill lead
- Bshall be
- Cwill result
- Dwould resulted
Explanation
The phrasal verb is 'result in' (to lead to as a consequence): 'will result in soil and water pollution' is grammatical and idiomatic. 'Will lead in' is wrong, 'shall be in' is wrong, and 'would resulted' is ungrammatical. Hence (c).