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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2016 — General Studies · Question 16 of 200

Q16
EnglishVerbs, Tenses & Agreement
Fill in the blank with an infinitive: ____ is worth ambition.
  1. a.To borrow
  2. b.To reign
  3. c.To repent
  4. d.To cry

Answer: (B) To reign

'To reign is worth ambition' — this alludes to Milton's Paradise Lost and the idea that rulership is a worthy aspiration. 'To reign' creates the most meaningful and contextually literary sentence.