Direction: In the following passage, some of the words are given in bold, each which is preceded by a blank. Find the suitable word from the options given below that could replace the bold word so as to make the paragraph meaningful. If no replacement is required, choose (E), as your answer.
Journalism’s obituary has been written quite a few times. For instance, in the modern world, the
___________(snowballing) (A) revenues of traditional journalistic platforms, the print media, for instance, intimidatory intervention, legal or otherwise, against digital news networks to stifle free speech and, equally important, the__________(receptiveness)(B) of the media fraternity before the powers that be — be it the government or big business are being cited as the principal causes that would lead to journalism’s demise. Yet the___________(ensconce) (C) has turned out to be a rather stubborn species, proving the pundits wrong repeatedly. The conferring of this year’s
Nobel Peace Prize on two courageous, proficient scribes, Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Russia’s Dmitry Muratov, shows that the journalism can, indeed, be____________(reverend)(D) in spite of such formidable threats as State repression as well as the public vulnerability to enchantment with false narratives. The path to renewal for individual journalists and news organizations, as MsRessa and MrMuratov have shown, lies in the ability to refresh journalism’s commitment to the original charter of the fourth estate: to report the truth without fear or favour and uphold the primacy of free speech. This is, of course, not a road for the faint-hearted. Real journalistic work is considered to be a dangerous profession: in 2020, a report compiled by the director-general of UNESCO had found that only 13 per cent of cases filed against newspersons around the world had been resolved the figures were 12 and 11 per cent, respectively, for the previous two years. ___________(emancipation) (E), intimidation, threats of bodily violence and trolling these are especially true for women journalists and even death. India is witness to Gauri Lankesh’s murder, is the ‘occupational hazards’ in the journalistic tryst with truth.
1) Which of the following options will come in blank A?
A. Mortifying
B. Aggrandizing
C. Plummeting
D. Demeaning
E. No replacement required
2) Which of the following options will come in blank B?
A. Catcalling
B. Capitulation
C. Calumniation
D. Resistance
E. No replacement required
3) Which of the following options will come in blank C?
A. Vocation
B. Usurpation
C. Avocation
D. Incumbency
E. No replacement required
4) Which of the following options will come in blank D?
A. Reorchestrated
B. Revalorized
C. Reconsecrated
D. Resurrected
E. No replacement required
5) Which of the following options will come in blank E?
A. Manumission
B. Transliteration
C. Incarceration
D. Annihilation
E. No replacement required
