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Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Are people ___ (i) ___ or even typically, guided by reason, rather than, say, by passion or impulse ? If the norms of rational behaviour are not followed by people in their actual behaviour, how can we seek the same answer to two rather different questions : what would be rational for a person to do ? And what would the person actually do ? Shouldn't the economists who make such double use of maximisation - whether through explicit reasoning ___ (ii) ___ by implicit presumption - be invited to apply their minds to this ?

A number of economists have indeed paid attention to systematic departures from rationality in actual choices made by people. One argument that has been invoked, in a line of reasoning proposed by Herbert Simon, goes by the name of bounded rationality. It concerns the possibility that people may not, in all cases, look for fully ___ (iii) ___ choices because of their inability to be sufficiently focussed. There is considerable evidence, powerfully presented, for example, ___ (iv) ___ Kahneman, Slovic and Tversky, that people may fail to understand adequately the nature of the uncertainty.

Pick the most appropriate word to fill (i) in the given passage

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2
OptionExplanation
Option 1: invariable❌ Adjective – doesn't fit here; we need an adverb to modify the verb “are”.
Option 2: invariably✔️ Correct – adverb describing how people are guided (always or consistently guided by reason).
Option 3: invariabily❌ Incorrect spelling – not a valid word.
Option 4: invariability❌ Noun – refers to the state of being unchanging; doesn't fit grammatically.

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