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2022 · Q49

Directions : The following items have one part of a sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct alternative and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Man is the greatest truth of all,

EnglishCorrelating Sentences
  1. Anothing can be with him.
  2. Bthere is nothing beyond him.
  3. Cthere cannot be nothing to him.
  4. Dthere is nothing truth about him.

Explanation

The idiom is "to be on one's mettle" meaning to be at one's best or to show one's quality - here expressed as "on your best". "He was on his mettle" is rendered by option A as "on your best". The other options ("do your best", "be your best", "put in your best") change the construction. Hence option A.