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 correspond to the question numbers. Against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which would fill the blank appropriately. Mark the suitable word as the answer.
Use of plastic has become part of a_____(1)_____ in which those who consume and litter are not supposed to be responsible for _____(2)_____ cleaning after themselves or to bother about what will happen to the waste they are producing. The _____(3)_____ of this kind of lifestyle are reflected in the festering garbage in the over spilling landfill sites, with the height of the Ghazipur landfill in Delhi touching 65 metres. Such _____(4)_____ dumps are emerging as a serious threat to life with leachates in the mixed and untreated waste contaminating water and the carcinogenic pollution _____(5)_____ when it is set to fire.
Find out the appropriate word in case 2
- A.
Neither
- B.
Either
- C.
Not only
- D.
But also
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Correct answer: B
From the given options it is clear that blank 2 must have a correlative conjunction in it.
In the sentence with the blank there is already one conjunction ‘or’ which is one half of the correlative conjunction pair ‘either-or’. Thus, option B is the correct answer.