Previous Year Questions

The sentence talks about Common Silverline which is a butterfly and discuss about its features. The latter part of the sentence talks about some black and orange markings on the upper side of the wings. The words 'conspicuous' (means 'clearly visible') and 'prominent' (means 'that can be easily seen or noticed') fit in the given sentence both contextually and grammatically as the sentence says that those black and orange markings are clear and noticeable. 'Discern' which is a verb can be eliminated as the blank will take an adjective to modify the noun 'markings' as mentioned in the sentence. Hence, the answer is option e).