Direction: In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is No Improvement.
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Shut the window; it is fairly cold.
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- quiet
- quite
- rather
- No improvement
Correct Option: D
No improvement
rather (Adv.) : used to mean fairly or to some degree.
⇒ The instructions were rather complicated.
Hence, rather is the right usage.
