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NDA 2021 GAT · English · Fill in the Blanks · hard

The flight was diverted ____ heavy fog over the city.

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Fill in the blank with the most suitable option.
The flight was diverted ____ heavy fog over the city.
  1. A. although
  2. B. despite
  3. C. owing to
  4. D. so that
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Answer: (C) owing to

The blank needs a prepositional phrase that gives the cause of the diversion. 'Owing to' does exactly that. 'Despite' would reverse the logic, and 'although' and 'so that' are conjunctions that need a clause after them, whereas 'heavy fog' is only a noun phrase.
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