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English Questions: Fill in the Blanks Set – 43

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  1. In addition to heat stroke, extreme temperatures can__________pre-existing cardiovascular and respiratory illness.
    1) decrease
    2) lessen
    3) increase
    4) exacerbate
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : exacerbate – worsen, बिगड़ना

  2. If hotter, longer and deadlier summers are to be the new normal under a changing climate,__________ adaptation measures are required.
    1) proactive
    2) inactive
    3) retroactive
    4) passive
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : proactive

  3. Though the IMD does issue heat warnings, often the__________with emergency response systems and health facilities is missing.
    1) imbalance
    2) coordination
    3) disproportion
    4) dissimilarity
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : coordination

  4. Preventing temperature-related____________and mortality could be a key programme under this mission.
    1) morbidity
    2) contentedness,
    3) encouragement
    4) static
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : morbidity

  5. Dehydration is a key outcome of heat exposure which can__________into life-threatening conditions and ultimately death.
    1) confident
    2) cascade
    3) ascend
    4) diffident
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : cascade

  6. Finding policy alignment and coordination across these sectors remains a_______, yet much needed exercise. The romance of the seasons may be lost in the years to come.
    1) figment
    2) sentimantel
    3) daunting
    4) diminishing
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : daunting – fearful, भयप्रद

  7. What did Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, say that deserved a_______from the Commerce Minister?
    1) snub
    2) praise
    3) help
    4) detest
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : snub – disrespect, अपमान

  8. Crude oil, India’s________, has been the spoiler in the cases of Brazil and Russia.
    1) evacuate
    2) obedient
    3) opposite
    4) benefactor
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : benefactor – helper, सहयोगी

  9. That is the eye of fiscal stability, employment, education, health care, inflation, poverty ratio and other_______that are equally important indicators of a healthy and growing economy.
    1) procession
    2) parameters
    3) fundamentals
    4) criteria
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : parameters

  10. Dr Rajan was not obliged to explain what he had meant, but he did explain a few days later and reminded his critics that a central banker has “to be pragmatic and cannot get_______.
    1) euphoric
    2) risk
    3) difficulty
    4) mitigate
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : euphoric – happy ,खुश