Directions : In the following questions a particular word is provided. Four sentences have been framed, one of which makes use of the word correctly. You are required to select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
‘Amidst’
- AAmidst them who do you think is better
- BThere was a lot of confusion amidst his mind.
- CAmidst all the confusion the thief managed to slink away unnoticed.
- DWho amidst you shall be brave enough to pick up the gauntlet ?
Explanation
"Amidst" means surrounded by or in the middle of, and is used with collective, plural or abstract nouns - not with singular persons or personal pronouns. Only option C ("Amidst all the confusion the thief managed to slink away unnoticed") uses it correctly, with the abstract noun "confusion". Option A ("amidst them") wrongly pairs it with a personal pronoun (the idiom is "among them"); option B ("amidst his mind") is unidiomatic (one says "in his mind"); option D ("who amidst you") should be "who among you". Hence option C.