Choose the most appropriate set of words from the options given below to complete the following sentence: ___________ is a will, ___________ is a way. A. Were, their, their B. Were, there, there C. Where, there, there D. Where, their, their

GATE 2015 · General Aptitude · Fill in the Blanks / Proverbs · easy

Answer: C. Where, there, there

1. Recall the proverb: The well-known English proverb is 'Where there is a will, there is a way.' The two blanks map directly: blank 1 = 'Where', blank 2 = 'there'. The sentence given has the structure: '___ is a will, ___ is a way', which is an abbreviated form with the expletive 'there' omitted from the puzzle — but the only sensible completion is the classic proverb.
2. Eliminate distractors: Options with 'Were' (past tense) or 'their' (possessive pronoun) cannot complete this adverbial proverb structure. Only 'Where' + 'there' (option C) makes grammatical and semantic sense.