Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Amongst them all, she was the only one with the **perquisite** to understand the complexity of the situation.
- Aperspicacity
- Bperniciousness
- Cperemptoriness
- Dpresumptuousness
Explanation
'Perquisite' means a special benefit or privilege attached to a job, which cannot be possessed for understanding a situation. The sentence needs a noun meaning keen mental insight, and 'perspicacity' means sharpness of discernment or the ability to grasp complexity. 'Perniciousness' means harmfulness, 'peremptoriness' means an imperious, brooking-no-denial manner, and 'presumptuousness' means overstepping proper bounds. None of the distractors denotes intellectual insight, so 'perspicacity' is the only fitting improvement.