Question:

Following sentences have a word missing, putting correct answer would complete the sentences. Candidates are required to choose the appropriate alternative that suits the gap, to make the sentence complete and grammatically meaningful
The criminals managed to escape from the prison even though two armed policeman were ____ vigil over them

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Think of the word meaning marriage, the opposite of abstaining from it.
  • Taking
  • Looking
  • Guarding
  • Keeping
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

The idiomatic English phrase "keeping vigil" means staying watchfully alert or guarding over something, which fits the context of armed policemen watching prisoners closely.
"Taking vigil", "Looking vigil" and "Guarding vigil" simply aren't standard English collocations, English speakers don't pair those verbs with "vigil" in ordinary usage.
Only "keeping vigil" is both grammatically correct and idiomatically natural here, which makes "Keeping" the right choice.
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