For each of the Questions 1 to 6, select one entry for each blank from the corresponding column of choices.

The grandmother (i) __________ the little girl after she found her climbing (ii) __________ on a (iii) ___________ balanced pile of bricks, completely unaware of the danger in which she was putting herself.

(A) (i) praised, (ii) unwillingly, (iii) intractably
(B) (i) censured, (ii) gloomily , (iii) precariously
(C) (i) praised, (ii) unwillingly, (iii) intractably
(D) (i) admonished, (ii) blithely, (iii) precariously
(E) (i) censured, (ii) gloomily , (iii) intractably


Answer: (D)

Explanation: Admonished means to warn, blithely means in a happy or carefree manner, here grandmother is warning a little girl when she was climbing happily on a dangerously balanced pile of bricks.
Rest others are inappropriate options.

So, option (D) is correct.

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