Read the following passage and answer the questions as directed. There are…
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Read the following passage and answer the questions as directed. There are some blanks given in the passage. You have to find the appropriate word for the given blank and mark the corresponding option as your answer.
Despite reporting ______ (A) ______ incidents of violence, the polling in the second phase of
West Bengal Assembly elections remained high. The state registered 80.43% voter turnout while
Assam recorded 76.96% turnout.The hotlycontested Nandigram seat, which saw Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee _____ (B) _______ against her former aide-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari from BJP, saw sporadic incidents of violence and accusations of vote fraud and booth capturing were ______(C) ________ by both the parties. Despite this, both Suvendu and Mamata were confident of their win from the seat.
Mamata visited several booths across the constituency as sporadic incidents of violence and allegations of booth jamming ___ (D) ___ the voting process in the second phase. She slammed the Election Commission for “inaction” despite her party lodging several poll-related complaints and threatened to move the law
courts over it.
Meanwhile, addressing a rally in Assam’s Kokrajhar on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the people of Assam have shown the “red card” to the Congress-led Grand Alliance in the state. He also accused the previous Congress governments of being a mute spectator to ____ (E) _____ violence in the Bodo dominated areas of the state. “People of Assam have given their blessings to the NDA in the first phase of the assembly poll. Football is a popular sport in Assam.
Which of the following is appropriate word for the blank (C) ?
- A.
Deceived
- B.
Roughen
- C.
Jagged
- D.
Leveled
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Correct answer: D
Answer: Leveled
Explanation: The sentence requires a verb that describes how accusations were presented by both parties. "Leveled" is the past participle of "level" used in the sense "to make or present (an accusation)," so "accusations ... were leveled by both the parties" is correct and idiomatic.
Grammatical fit: "were leveled by" correctly uses the passive voice with the past participle to indicate the accusations were raised by the parties.
Meaning: "Leveled" in this context means "made" or "raised" (an accusation), which matches the intended meaning of the passage.
Why the other choices are wrong:
• "Deceived" means to mislead someone; it cannot describe how accusations are presented.
• "Roughen" means to make a surface less smooth; it is unrelated to presenting accusations.
• "Jagged" is an adjective describing uneven edges and cannot function as the required verb.
Example sentence: "Accusations of vote fraud and booth capturing were leveled by both parties during the campaign."