NDA (II) 2019 General Ability Test · Question 46 of 148

Correct — B, announced. 'Announce' is the natural verb for making a schedule or decision public, and it takes a 'that'-clause smoothly — 'the Commission announced that the elections will be held ...' — which fits the sentence exactly.

• (a)pronounced — 'Pronounce' means to declare a formal judgment or to articulate a word; one does not 'pronounce that elections will be held'.
• (c)promulgated — 'Promulgate' means to bring a law or ordinance into force and takes a law as its object, not a clause reporting an election date.
• (d)issued — 'Issue' needs a noun object such as a notification or order; 'issued that the elections ...' is ungrammatical.

A vocabulary-in-context item: only 'announce' fits a 'that'-clause reporting a public decision.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: The company ______ that it would open ten new stores next year.

  • (a)promulgated
  • (b)announced
  • (c)issued
  • (d)pronounced

  Answer(b) announced — the verb reports a public decision in a 'that'-clause.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: The government ______ a new ordinance to regulate online sales.

  • (a)announced
  • (b)promulgated
  • (c)pronounced
  • (d)spoke

  Answer(b) promulgated — an ordinance is promulgated, i.e. brought into force.