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.The pandemic’s second wave may have 1. ————- but hopes of a smooth rebound in the economy in tandem with easing restrictions remain 2. ———-, 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. ———- to have hit a 25-year record of nearly 13%, while retail inflation touched a six- month high of 6.3%. While 4._______fuel 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. ‘Fuel and light’ inflation hit 11.6%, the highest in over nine years, and no 5._______is in sight 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’s Sri Ganganagar, where freight costs add up on top of State and central 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%.
1) ?
A. Subsided, abated
B. Aggravate, augment
C. Mollify, assuage
D. Admonish, reprove
E. None of the above
Sol:
The most suitable pair is – Subside means to
grow less in scope or intensity, abate
Aggravate means increase, augment.
Mollify means to soothe in temper, assuage.
Admonish means to express warning, reprove
2) ?
A. Immaculate, chaste
B. Collusion, nexus
C. Muddled, dishevelled
D. Crestfallen, dejected
E. None of the above
The most suitable pair is – muddled means to
make a mess of, dishevelled.
Immaculate means free from any trace of the
coarse or indecent, chaste.
Collusion means a secret agreement or
cooperation between two parties for an illegal,
nexus.
Crestfallen means “sad and disappointed,
dejected”
3) ?
A. Debacle, collapse
B. reckoned, estimated
C. apprehend, assimilate
D. Menace, peril
E. None of the above
The most suitable pair is reckoned, estimated
Apprehend means to have a clear idea of,
assimilate
Debacle means down fall, collapse
Menace means danger, peril
4) ?
A. continue, persist
B. Abide, remain
C. absconding, retreating
D. Runaway, skedaddle
E. None of the above
Runaway means the act of running away out of
control, skedaddle.
Abscond means to get free from a dangerous or
confining situation, retreat.
5) ?
A. Respite, break
B. clamor, outcry
C. Corroborate, confirm
D. Contingency,prerequisite
E. None of the above
Respite means a period of temporary delay, break
Clamor means a violent shouting, outcry.
Contingency means something that might happen, prerequisite
