Question

In the modern industrial age, the demand for 46 technical personnel is much more than in the feudal age because the demand for goods is much more owing to increase in population and other factors. Hence, the traditional feudal method of teaching a craft, in which only a handful of persons were taught, would no longer 47 for modern society.

Now, technical institutes or engineering colleges, where a large number of students are taught technical skills, have become 48. Obviously, all these students could not be sons of the teacher. This 49 the very basis of the caste system in which one had no option in choosing one's vocation and had to follow one's father's profession. The caste system, in which one's vocation is chosen by one's birth, is thus totally 50 in the modern age.

From the following select the appropriate word to replace number 47 in the above passage.

• A. Help
• B. Utilize
• C. Suffice
• D. Apply

Hint:

The old method served only a handful of people, so it would no longer be enough, that is, would not suffice.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The sentence says the old method of teaching only a handful of persons "would no longer ___ for modern society," meaning it would no longer be enough.

1. (a) Help: "Would no longer help" changes the meaning to giving assistance, not being adequate in scale.
2. (b) Utilize: This word normally needs an object, such as "utilize resources," and does not fit this intransitive use.
3. (c) Suffice: "Would no longer suffice for modern society" means the method would no longer be enough, which matches the passage exactly.
4. (d) Apply: "Apply for modern society" is not natural phrasing and does not convey adequacy.

Option (c), suffice, completes the sentence with the correct sense of adequacy.