Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that improves/corrects the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The family was rendered **diligent** due to the crash in the share market.
- Aindigent
- Bintransigent
- Cindignant
- Dapathetic
Explanation
A crash in the share market would leave a family poor, not hard-working, so "diligent" is plainly the wrong word. "Indigent" means poor or needy, which is precisely the condition a market crash produces. "Intransigent" (uncompromising), "indignant" (angry at unfairness) and "apathetic" (uncaring) describe attitudes, not the financial ruin the sentence implies. "Indigent" alone fits the context.