Directions: In the given passage there are some missing words. You are required to choose the most suitable pair of words for the blanks from the given options in order to make the passage grammatically and meaningfully correct.<\/b>The pandemic\u2019s second wave may have 1. ————- <\/b>but hopes of a smooth rebound in the economy in tandem with easing restrictions remain 2. ———-<\/b>, with the inflation numbers for May compounding the problem. The soaring pace of rising prices, both retail and wholesale, in the month that saw widespread lockdown-like restrictions, has come as a negative surprise. Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index is 3. ———- <\/b>to have hit a 25-year record of nearly 13%, while retail inflation touched a six- month high of 6.3%. While 4._______<\/b>fuel <\/b>prices, that include high excise duties and taxes, were a key factor in driving up both the inflation indices, they were not the only ones at work. Retail inflation in food hit a six-month high of 5%, from barely 2% in April, with pulses and eggs as well as edible oils leading the surge. \u2018Fuel and light\u2019 inflation hit 11.6%, the highest in over nine years, and no 5._______<\/b>is in sight <\/b>on this front as pump prices for petrol raced past Rs100 a litre in even more parts of the country this month. Diesel has also crossed the century mark in Rajasthan\u2019s Sri Ganganagar, where <\/b>freight costs add up on top of State and central <\/b>axes. Even if one were to discount food and fuel prices, core inflation has crossed the 6% mark for the first time in 31 months and is estimated at 6.6%.<\/p>
1) ?<\/p>
A. Subsided, abated<\/b><\/p>
B. Aggravate, augment <\/p>
C. Mollify, assuage<\/p>
D. Admonish, reprove <\/p>
E. None of the above<\/p>
Sol:<\/p>
The most suitable pair is \u2013 Subside means to <\/p>
grow less in scope or intensity, abate<\/p>
Aggravate means increase, augment.<\/p>
Mollify means to soothe in temper, assuage.<\/p>
Admonish means to express warning, reprove<\/p>
2) ?<\/p>
A. Immaculate, chaste <\/p>
B. Collusion, nexus<\/p>
C. Muddled, dishevelled <\/b><\/p>
D. Crestfallen, dejected <\/p>
E. None of the above<\/p>
The most suitable pair is \u2013 muddled means to <\/p>
make a mess of, dishevelled.<\/p>
Immaculate means free from any trace of the <\/p>
coarse or indecent, chaste.<\/p>
Collusion means a secret agreement or <\/p>
cooperation between two parties for an illegal, <\/p>
nexus.<\/p>
Crestfallen means \u201csad and disappointed, <\/p>
dejected\u201d<\/p>
3) ?<\/p>
A. Debacle, collapse<\/p>
B. reckoned, estimated <\/b><\/p>
C. apprehend, assimilate <\/p>
D. Menace, peril<\/p>
E. None of the above<\/p>
The most suitable pair is reckoned, estimated<\/p>
Apprehend means to have a clear idea of, <\/p>
assimilate<\/p>
Debacle means down fall, collapse<\/p>
Menace means danger, peril<\/p>
4) ?<\/p>
A. continue, persist <\/p>
B. Abide, remain<\/p>
C. absconding, retreating <\/p>
D. Runaway, skedaddle <\/b><\/p>
E. None of the above<\/p>
Runaway means the act of running away out of <\/p>
control, skedaddle.<\/p>
Abscond means to get free from a dangerous or <\/p>
confining situation, retreat.<\/p>
5) ?<\/p>
A. Respite, break <\/b><\/p>
B. clamor, outcry<\/p>
C. Corroborate, confirm<\/p>
D. Contingency,prerequisite <\/p>
E. None of the above<\/p>
Respite means a period of temporary delay, break<\/p>
Clamor means a violent shouting, outcry.<\/p>
Contingency means something that might happen, prerequisite<\/p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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