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Around sixty bands ¡n colourful _____ took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.

Options

A. clothings
B. dressing
C. apparels
D. costumes

Answer

D

Explanation

The blank requires a word which means a set of clothes particular to a group of people.
The word "dressing" means a sauce for salads. It does not fit in the sentence.
The word "clothings" is incorrect. Clothing represents a set of clothes and it cannot be written in plural form.
Apparels is also incorrect as it is also used in its singular form usually.
‘Costumes’ meaning ‘a set of clothes worn by an actor or performer for a particular role’ is the apt word for the blank. Hence, option D is the correct answer.