Choose the most appropriate word(s) from the options given below to complete the following sentence.
We lost confidence in him because he never __________ the grandiose promises he had made.
A. delivered B. delivered on C. forgot D. reneged on
GATE 2011 · General Aptitude · Most Appropriate Word · medium
Answer: B. delivered on — 'never delivered on the grandiose promises' correctly expresses that he never fulfilled what he promised.
Understand what the sentence needs: The subject 'never _____ the grandiose promises' requires a verb phrase meaning 'fulfilled'. The context of lost confidence points to broken expectations, not mere forgetting.
Evaluate each option: A. 'delivered' alone does not idiomatically pair with 'promises' — you deliver on promises. B. 'delivered on' is the correct idiom: 'never delivered on the promises' = never fulfilled them. C. 'forgot' implies absence of memory, not failure to act. D. 'reneged on' means actively breaking a promise — possible but stronger than the neutral failure implied here.