Question: In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them.
Though one eye is kept firmly on the __________, the company now also promotes __________ contemporary art.
The words “Though” and “also” indicate two contrasting ideas are required. Options 1 and 3 do not express this contrast. The word ‘present’ in both of them for the first blank does not express a contrasting idea for the second blank which is something to do with ‘contemporary’. They both mean the same.
Option 4 has market and popular which do not convey two contrasting ideas.
Only option 2 has this pair, viz is ‘future’ and ‘popular’ which links well with “contemporary”.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.