Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.…
2022
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them, while answering some of the questions.
A tourist's paradise, India is a magnum of diverse geography and cultures, offering 30 World Heritage sites, 25 biogeographical zones and attractive beaches. Tourism in India accounts for 6.8% of the GDP, and is the third largest foreign exchange earner for the country with USD 18.13 Billion. Neglecting the promotion of tourism is harmful to the Indian economy. In recent years, there has been an increased realization that the tourism growth potential can be harnessed as a strategy for Rural Development. With 69% population living in rural India, and almost 6.5 million village units spread across the country, India plays a vital role in harnessing rural tourism. The geographical diversity of India makes it a unique spot for harnessing rural tourism which can include tourist sites like desert, mountains, plains, plateaus, islands and coasts in different regions. India showcases a variety of cultural patterns having different lifestyles, practices, art and craft, and festivals. These can be incorporated and _____________in the form of rural tourism.
Factors such as increasing level of awareness, growing interest in heritage and culture, and improved accessibility have fueled a move of trends towards rural tourism. This will not only preserve the culture and heritage of the country, but will also generate employment in the villages since it can be leveraged to provide skill development in tourism related job roles such as that of guide, driver, cook, housekeeping and hospitality to the tourists. Ministry of Tourism specifies that any form of tourism that showcases the rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural locations, benefits the local community economically and socially, and enables interaction between the tourists and the locals can be termed as rural tourism. Rural tourism may include multiple facets such as farm tourism, cultural tourism, nature tourism, adventure tourism, and eco-tourism. The country has seen successful rural tourism models in states such as Kerala’s backwater, Karnataka’s forest, and Tamil Nadu’s temple.
Which of the following words is a synonym of MOVE given in the passage?
- A.
convey
- B.
crawl
- C.
shift
- D.
mutter
- E.
None of these
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Correct answer: C
Concept: A synonym question is answered by sense in context, not by a word's most common meaning. First fix how the keyword is used in the sentence, then choose the option whose meaning matches that exact sense; a word can have several senses, and only the contextual one counts.
Application: Here the passage says awareness, interest in heritage, and better accessibility “have fueled a
move of trends towards rural tourism.” In this sentence “move” names a change or transition in the direction of trends — the trends are turning towards rural tourism. The option “shift” carries exactly this sense of a change in direction or position of something, so “a shift of trends” preserves the meaning of “a move of trends.” That makes “shift” the correct synonym.
Why the other options do not fit:
“convey” means to carry, transport, or communicate something — it describes transferring an object or a message, not a change in the direction of trends.
“crawl” means to move very slowly on hands and knees, or at a sluggish pace — it adds a manner of slow physical motion that the sentence does not intend.
“mutter” means to speak in a low, indistinct voice — it is about speech and is unrelated to movement or change of trends.
“None of these” is wrong because a listed word already matches the sentence's sense, so a valid choice is available.