Question

Travelling is my hobby. Today in the Himalayas, as I drag my feet through the __________, I cannot but think of the same time last year when I was negotiating the thick __________ of the Ganges delta or for that matter the time I spent with my children __________ about in the waters of the Arabian Sea. The option that best fills the blanks in the above sentence would be:

• A. slush, sludge, sloshing
• B. sludge, slosh, slushing
• C. slush, slosh, sludging
• D. slosh, sludge, slushing
• E. sludge, slush, sloshing

Hint:

In vocabulary-based blanks, always match the word to the setting: snow → slush, mud → sludge, water play → sloshing. Context helps eliminate close-sounding distractors.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: First blank.
Dragging feet in the Himalayas = walking through partially melted snow/ice. The correct word is

slush.

Step 2: Second blank.
The Ganges delta = muddy, viscous mixture of water and solids. The correct word is

sludge.

Step 3: Third blank.
Children in the sea = playful movement with splashing sound. The correct word is

sloshing.

Step 4: Verify sentence.
Final version: \[ \text{...drag my feet through the slush... negotiating the thick sludge... my children sloshing about in the waters...} \] This is both contextually and grammatically accurate. \[ \boxed{\text{slush, sludge, sloshing}} \]