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 1
(question no 11 till 15 are linked together )
- A.
Survey
- B.
Observe
- C.
Regard
- D.
View
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Correct answer: A
Concept: In a vocabulary-based cloze test, the blank is filled with the word whose meaning collocates naturally with the surrounding phrase and stays consistent with information confirmed elsewhere in the passage — a later sentence often supplies the corroborating clue.
Application: The blank completes “poor rating in the cleanliness (1) ___”. Two sentences later the passage names the actual assessment — the government's “Swachh Survekshan-2017” (Swachh Survekshan literally means “Cleanliness Survey”), and a further sentence calls it “this survey”. So the state's poor rating was in the cleanliness SURVEY: “Survey” is the noun that both collocates with “rating in” and matches the assessment named later in the passage.
Why the other options do not fit:
Observe is a verb (“to notice or watch”), not a noun, so it cannot occupy the noun slot after “the cleanliness ___”.
Regard is a noun, but it means esteem, attention, or a specific aspect (as in “in this regard”) — not an official assessment exercise — so it does not collocate with “rating in”.
View is a noun, but it means an opinion or a scene, not a formal assessment, and it does not match the “Swachh Survekshan” reference made later in the passage.
Cross-check: Reading the passage with “Survey” in place stays consistent throughout — “...poor rating in the cleanliness survey... this survey was taken up before we took over...” — the same noun recurs, confirming the choice.