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.

The blockade of the national highways leading to the Manipur valley, called by the United Naga Council (UNC), has been in place since November 1. This has severely affected life in the State, with shortages and _____ 1 _____ costs of essential supplies such as fuel and food, even as demonetization has _____ 2 _____ problems. Blockades like this are not new to Manipur. In 2011, there was initially a hundred-dayplus blockade enforced by Kuki-led groups, and countered later by Naga groups, which together had a _____ 3 _____ effect on life in Manipur. This time the blockade is in place to oppose the creation of new districts by the Okram Ibobi Singh government. On December 9 it issued a _____ 4 _____ notification for the creation of seven new districts by bifurcating seven (of a total of nine) districts. This decision had as much to do with long-pending demands — in particular, for a new Kuki-majority district to be carved out of the larger Senapati hill district — as with easing administrative access to _____ 5 _____ areas from the district headquarters.

Find the appropriate word in case 3

  1. A.

    debilitating

  2. B.

    counter

  3. C.

    mounting

  4. D.

    befitting

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Correct answer: A

Usage of either of the words “mounting” and “befitting” would be absurd in the context and hence the options C and D can be eliminated. If we use the word “counter” for the blank it would not go well with the context because the blockade is already a negative act and it has only brought a negative effect to the state. This eliminates option B as well. Now, between “lasting” which refers to ‘continuing to exist or having effect for a long time’ and “debilitating” which means ‘to make something weak’, the latter seems to fit the blank appropriately because there is no reference of duration of the effect of blockade has been given in the paragraph in the context of Manipur.

Option A is hence the correct answer.

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