"Going by the _____ that many hands make light work, the school _____ involved all the students in the task." The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are: A. principle, principal B. principal, principle C. principle, principle D. principal, principal

GATE 2018 · General Aptitude · English Grammar · medium

Answer: A. (principle, principal) — 'principle' fills the first blank (a guiding rule/proverb) and 'principal' fills the second blank (head of the school).

1. Analyze the first blank: The sentence reads: 'Going by the _____ that many hands make light work'. The phrase 'going by the ___ that [proverb]' introduces a guiding rule or belief. The word that means a fundamental rule or guiding belief is 'principle'. So the first blank = 'principle'.
2. Analyze the second blank: The sentence reads: 'the school _____ involved all the students in the task'. Here 'the school _____' refers to a person — the head of the school who took an action (involved all students). The word for the head of a school is 'principal'. So the second blank = 'principal'.
3. Match to the options: First blank = 'principle', second blank = 'principal'. This matches option A: (principle, principal). Options B, C, D get at least one blank wrong.