Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
From contacting our loved ones to buying groceries for our daily needs, mobile phones fulfilled our every requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only during the pandemic, but mobile phones have also ________ our needs since the time of their invention.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. served.
Context: The sentence talks about how mobile phones have been useful and helpful in fulfilling human needs since their invention. The word must convey helpfulness and usefulness.
Meaning of the words:
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Served – means fulfilled, satisfied, or provided for; correct in this context.
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Annoyed – means irritated, does not fit.
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Exasperated – means frustrated, incorrect.
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Incensed – means enraged or made very angry, irrelevant here.
Correct word: Served, because mobile phones have fulfilled and satisfied people’s needs since their invention.
Final Sentence: Not only during the pandemic, but mobile phones have also served our needs since the time of their invention.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.