In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which…
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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
Digital India can be the prime _____ 1 _____ behind making a reality of the government’s promise of minimum government, maximum governance. Such a transformation requires technology to be firmly _____ 2_____ into government, something that the Digital India project lists as one of its foremost objectives. Embedding technology into government _____ 3 _____ will do three things; transform the government and make it more transparent and efficient, transform the lives of citizens especially those at the bottom of _____ 4 _____ pyramid and make our economy more efficient and competitive. A 2014 McKinsey Global Institute report predicts that the large- scale _____ 5 _____ of technology through Digital India positions India with the biggest opportunity yet to accelerate economic growth.
Find the appropriate word in case 1
(Question no 1 till 5 are linked together )
- A.
factors
- B.
might
- C.
force
- D.
impact
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In a vocabulary-based cloze test, the right word must satisfy three things together: it must collocate naturally with the surrounding words, match the required part of speech and number, and preserve the correct cause-effect direction — naming the source of a change rather than its result.
Application: The blank sits inside the fixed phrase “the prime ___ behind [a transformation]”, which needs a singular noun meaning an active driving power — the source pushing a change forward, not the change's outcome. Testing each candidate word: “factors” is plural, so it clashes with the singular framing “the prime ___” and dilutes one driving cause into several contributing elements. “Might” names raw, static power (as in military might) rather than an active push toward a specific goal, so “the prime might behind” does not read as an established phrase. “Impact” names the effect an action produces afterward, so it cannot itself sit “behind” the very transformation it results from — that reverses the required direction. “Force” is a singular noun for a driving power or cause, and “the prime force behind” is the standard collocation for exactly this sense, so it slots into the sentence both grammatically and idiomatically.
Cross-check: Reading the full sentence with the chosen word confirms this: “Digital India can be the prime force behind making a reality of the government's promise of minimum government, maximum governance” — this matches the passage's larger theme of Digital India actively driving governance transformation, rather than being a byproduct of it.