Sentence Completion - Astronomy Context

CAT 2008 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · Vocabulary

As navigators, calendar makers, and other __________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to __________ that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.

  1. A.

    scrutinizers; believe

  2. B.

    observers; agree

  3. C.

    scrutinizers; suggest

  4. D.

    observers; concede

  5. E.

    students; conclude

Answer

D

Explanation

'Observers' accurately describes sky watchers, and 'concede' fits 'forced to yield ground'.

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