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 4
- A.
special
- B.
live
- C.
gazette
- D.
detail
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Correct answer: C
Correct answer: gazette
Explanation: The phrase “gazette notification” is the established administrative collocation for an official government notice published in the government gazette. In the sentence, an official declaration about creating new districts would be issued as a gazette notification, so “gazette” fits both meaning and usage.
Why the other choices are incorrect:
“special”: Although “special notification” can occur in general English, it is not the standard legal/administrative term used for an official government notice in this context; it is therefore less precise than “gazette.”
“live”: Does not form a grammatical or idiomatic phrase with “notification” here and does not make sense in the context.
“detail”: Is a noun; the adjective “detailed” would be needed to modify “notification,” but that form is not given, so “detail” is not correct.
Therefore, “gazette” is the most appropriate and idiomatic choice.