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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Drinking tea is an English habit.
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- No improvement
- tradition
- convention
- custom
Correct Option: B
tradition (N.) : a belief, custom/ way of doing something that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people
convention (N.) : the way in which something is done that most people in a society expect and consider to be polite/the right way to do it
custom (N.) : an accepted way of behaving/ of doing things in a society/ a community
habit (N.) : a thing that you do often and almost without thinking, especially something that is hard to stop doing
Here, tradition is the right usage.
