Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank Sun Tzu says that the enemy without battle r...........

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Sun Tzu says that ______ the enemy without battle requires greater skill than winning on the battlefield.

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SSC MTS 11th July 2022 Shift-2

defeating

defeat

in defeating

defeated

- Answer: Sun Tzu says that defeating the enemy without battle requires greater skill than winning on the battlefield.

- Option 1: defeating

- Gerund form (verb acting as a noun).

- Correctly fits as the subject of the sentence.

- Correct Answer

- Option 2: defeat

- Infinitive form, more suited for direct references or commands.

- Feels awkward as the subject compared to the gerund.

- Option 3: in defeating

- Prepositional phrase that changes the sentence structure.

- Makes the sentence grammatically awkward.

- Option 4: defeated

- Past participle form, used as an adjective or in perfect tense.

- Incorrect in this sentence structure.

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