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 BCCI and its State associations will probably _____ 1_____ the day the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal began in 2013, but in all honesty, there have been so many opportunities for them to stem the rot that it is difficult to pinpoint how it all went so wrong. Increasingly, the BCCI has become _____ 2_____ and waged a battle that has seemed strategically unsound. There was a major disconnect between how far the Board really believed the court would go and the ground reality. What may also have _____ 3 _____ the BCCI’s notice is the changing perception of governance in sport and not just in India. The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has seen an ___4_____ overhaul recently, and in India, the Sports Ministry’s vocal _____ 5 _____ of the Indian Olympic Association’s controversial appointments is a case in point.
Find the appropriate word in case 2
- A.
victim
- B.
isolated
- C.
superpower
- D.
unparalled
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Correct answer: B
Correct word: isolated.
Why this is correct:
Grammatical fit: The blank modifies "the BCCI" and therefore needs an adjective. "Isolated" is an adjective meaning "solitary" or "cut off", so it fits naturally.
Why the nouns do not work: "victim" and "superpower" are nouns. Using them would require a different construction (for example, "became a victim" or "became a superpower") and so they are grammatically incompatible with the sentence as written.
Why the misspelled option is wrong: The provided form "unparalled" is misspelled. Even if corrected to "unparalleled" (an adjective meaning "without equal"), that meaning does not convey being cut off or isolated and so does not match the passage's context.
Therefore, "isolated" best fits both grammatically and contextually.