In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. Dr Burjor P Banaji, pioneer of Lasik surgery in India has (451)______ over a dozen surgical instruments. When (452)______ senior eye surgeon at Max Eye Care started Lasik, there were (453)______ surgeons doing it worldwide and no (454)______ instruments were available either. "As I want things (455)______, I designed a whole slew of instruments that made my surgery more efficient," says Banaji. Question 1: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1. (a) recovered (b) founded (c) discovered (d) invented

Options

A. recovered
B. founded
C. discovered
D. invented

Answer

D

Explanation

(d) The starting line of the passage talks about inventions by Dr. Burjor P Banaji. He is the pioneer(who is one of the first to develop) of Lasik surgery & has developed/invented over a dozen surgical instruments. Hence, ‘inventions’ is the answer