Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: draw
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This question is another blank from the same historical passage about Bhagat Singh. After describing that the bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly was not intended to kill, the text explains that it was meant to focus the government mind on injustice. The blank tests knowledge of common English collocations, especially the natural verb that accompanies the phrase the attention of the government.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
In English, the most natural collocation is draw attention. Phrases like draw public attention or draw the attention of authorities are extremely common in formal writing. Bring attention or get attention do exist, but draw attention has a more idiomatic and formal tone, which suits the historical and political context. Notice is a noun in this list, but here the sentence requires a verb in order to complete the infinitive structure to plus base verb.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Recognise the structure not to cause death or injury but to plus verb, which means we need a base form verb.Step 2: Check draw. It is a base form verb and fits directly to draw the attention of the government.Step 3: Check bring. While to bring the attention of the government is grammatically possible, common usage prefers bring something to the attention of the government, not bring the attention of the government.Step 4: Check get. To get the attention of the government sounds informal and does not match the tone of a serious passage.Step 5: Notice in this option list is a noun, and to notice the attention of the government is an entirely different structure and does not match the given wording.
Verification / Alternative check:
Insert each option into the sentence and read it aloud. not to cause death or injury but to draw the attention of the government flows smoothly and sounds like a line from a history or civics textbook. Using bring, we would have but to bring the attention of the government, which feels incomplete without the phrase to the issue. To get the attention of the government is possible in casual speech but lacks the formal tone of the passage. Notice does not fit syntactically because the sentence is set up for a verb, not a noun.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Bring would normally be used in a phrase like bring the matter to the attention of the government, which is not the structure here, so it feels clumsy and incomplete. Get is far too informal for a historical description of a revolutionary act and is rarely used with the long object the attention of the government in serious writing. Notice is a noun here and would break the grammatical pattern of the sentence. Therefore, these options either clash with standard usage or with the required grammatical form.
Common Pitfalls:
Many learners only think about literal meaning and ignore collocations. They may reason that bring and get also involve moving or obtaining attention and therefore look acceptable. However, examinations often test familiarity with the natural combinations that native speakers actually use. Remembering standard collocations such as draw attention, pay attention, and attract attention helps avoid such mistakes.
Final Answer:
The correct verb to complete the blank is draw, giving the phrase to draw the attention of the government.
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