Comprehension Passage
A passage is given below with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.
Mahalanobis was born in 1893 in Calcutta. He was educated at the Presidency College in Calcutta and at Cambridge University in England. His ___(A)___ to the subject of statistics brought him international fame. In 1945 he was made a Fellow (member) of Britain’s Royal Society, one of the most ___(B)___ organisations of scientists; only the most ___(C)___ scientists are made members of this Society. Mahalanobis ___(D)___ the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Calcutta and started a journal, Sankhya, which still serves as a respected forum for statisticians to discuss their ideas. Both, the ISI and Sankhya, are highly ___(E)___ by statisticians and economists all over the world to this day.
Mahalanobis was born in 1893 in Calcutta. He was educated at the Presidency College in Calcutta and at Cambridge University in England. His ___(A)___ to the subject of statistics brought him international fame. In 1945 he was made a Fellow (member) of Britain’s Royal Society, one of the most ___(B)___ organisations of scientists; only the most ___(C)___ scientists are made members of this Society. Mahalanobis ___(D)___ the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Calcutta and started a journal, Sankhya, which still serves as a respected forum for statisticians to discuss their ideas. Both, the ISI and Sankhya, are highly ___(E)___ by statisticians and economists all over the world to this day.
Which of the following words would most appropriately fit in the blank (D)?
1
Disbanded
2
Established
3
Estranged
4
Spurned
5
Baffled