In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.…
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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday picked up a broom here to convey his seriousness towards making Uttar Pradesh clean, a day after he expressed regret over the state's poor rating in the cleanliness (1)_________. Accompanied by ministerial colleague Suresh Khanna and other officials, the chief minister arrived at the congested Baloo Addar locality in the heart of the city in Ram Mohan ward and sweeped the (2)__________. Only one city of the state, Varanasi, had figured in the list of 100 clean cities in the government's 'Swachh Survekshan-2017'. Nine others were among the 15 dirtiest districts in the country with Gonda turning out to be the dirtiest city in India. "Although this survey was taken up before we took over, our government has (3) __________ to work in this area and by December 2017 we aim to declare 30 districts and by October 2018 the entire state open defecation-free," he said in the press conference on Friday. He also gave instructions to the municipal staff present on the (4) ____________ to maintain cleanliness and said it was among the top priorities of the government. "Why is the state capital so dirty? It is a matter of concern as to why Lucknow does not figure in the list of 100 clean cities...make all preparations before the (5) __________ of monsoon to clean the drains so that they do not overflow on the streets.
Find out the appropriate word in case 4
(question no 11 till 15 are linked together )
- A.
Occasion
- B.
Celebration
- C.
Excuse
- D.
Opportunity
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Correct answer: A
Concept: In a cloze passage, the word chosen for a blank must fit the sentence's meaning, grammar, and its typical collocation in context, not merely resemble the missing word in dictionary meaning.
Application: The sentence describes municipal staff attending a formal event, the chief minister's cleanliness inspection and press conference. The set phrase "present on the occasion" is the standard idiomatic collocation used to describe someone's attendance at a specific event, which matches this context exactly.
Celebration carries a sense of festivity and joy, which clashes with the serious, official register of a cleanliness inspection and press conference.
Excuse means a reason offered to avoid an obligation; it carries no sense of attendance at an event.
Opportunity means a favourable chance or circumstance; "present on the opportunity" is not a standard English collocation.
Occasion is therefore the word that correctly completes the blank.