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With an increase in the application of crop-protection chemicals, Soya bean has seen a massive jump in ___D___ cost. Given a jump in input costs, cultivation costs have gone up in multiples. The total cost of cultivation for wheat rose three times from 2004-05 to 2012-13. While traditionally the blame is cast on the ___E___ local moneylender, NCRB data highlight that 2,474 of the 3,000 farmers who were reported to have committed suicide in 2015 had loans from local banks, while those who had loans from moneylenders were just 9. 8 percent of the total. Maharashtra reported 1,293 such suicides for ___F___ , while Karnataka had 946. Meanwhile, farmers in Punjab are ___G___ to have an outstanding debt of Rs. 69,355 crores.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank D
A. distribution
B. pesticide
C. marginal
D. maintenance
E. storage

Option: B
The phrase “With an increase in application of crop-protection chemicals” clearly indicates that when there is an increase in application of the chemicals that help protect a crop, it is the pesticide cost that must rise.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank E
A. ambiguous
B. guileless
C. devious
D. usurious
E. autonomous

Option: D
Among the given options and in the context of the paragraph, the only word that would fit the blank is “usurious”.
Usurious: The adjective has originated from the noun “Usury” which means lending money at exorbitant or high-interest rates. Ex. “They lend money at usurious rates”

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank F
A. loans
B. indebtedness
C. famine
D. monsoon
E. illness

Option: B
It’s the easiest among all to pick. The part of the sentence “NCRB data highlight that 2,474 of the 3,000 farmers who were reported to have committed suicide in 2015 had loans from local banks …” clearly indicates that it is farmers’ inability to unburden their indebtedness which pushed them to take as strong a step as a suicide.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank G
A. supposed
B. criticized
C. estimated
D. expected
E. sanctioned

Option: C
In this part of the paragraph data mentioning the percentage of farmers to have committed suicide have been shared and when it comes to presenting rough data that have been taken from and calculated on a large population, there is no better verb than “estimate”.

This year, the world’s largest democracy, India, and the biggest country by ___A___, Russia, are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between them. Russia continues to be among India’s major politico-diplomatic and defence partner nations. While India has ___B___ separate strategic partnership pacts with more than two dozen countries, the Indian and Russian governments in December 2010 ___C___ their bilateral ‘Strategic Partnership’ to what they termed a “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. ” The New Delhi-based ___D___ ‘Foundation for National Security Research’, which did a comparative assessment of India’s strategic partnerships — meaning, ‘political-diplomatic, defence and economic cooperation’ (during the 10-year period prior to November 2011), had said, “Russia emerges as the most important strategic partner of India (followed by the U. S., France, the U. K., Germany, and Japan in that order). ” The November 2011 report found that Russia had provided strong political and diplomatic support to India and helped enormously in building India’s defense capability. However, it warned that the “economic content of the (India-Russia) partnership is extremely weak,” and recommended that “urgent and ___E___ steps need to be taken to improve economic relations if this (India-Russia) partnership is to be sustained and made durable.”

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank A
A. Population
B. Density
C. Area
D. Democracy
E. Economy

Option: C
To answer this question correctly one needs to be good at general awareness as per which Russia is the world’s biggest country by ‘area’.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank B
A. Inked
B. Considered
C. Contemplated
D. Refuted
E. Revoked

Option: A
As the words “considered” and “contemplated” are synonyms, neither of them could be picked for the blank. Options B and C hence get eliminated. Moreover, the words “refuted” and “revoked” are negative in meaning and thus would not go well with the context. Options D and E get eliminated as well. Clearly, the word “inked”, the present form of which refers to ‘sign or enter a pact or contract’ is the word that’d be fitting the gap appropriately.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank C
A. Called
B. Elevated
C. Refreshed
D. Nullified
E. Revived

Option: B
Usage of any of the words “called”, “nullified” and “declared” for the blank restricts the flow of the sentence because of the presence of the preposition ‘to’ in the predicate part. Options A, D, and E hence get eliminated.
As the first sentence evidently implies a long-term relation between the two countries – India & Russia, the word “revived” will not be relevant here for the blank. Clearly, the word “elevated” would be fitting the blank both grammatically and contextually.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank D
A. NGO
B. Startup
C. Personnel
D. Think tank
E. Avenue

Option: D
Out of the given choices, only the noun phrase “think tank” which refers to ‘a body of experts’ providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems is the most appropriate option to be picked for the blank.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank E
A. Various
B. Precarious
C. Vigorous
D. Minuscule
E. Exhilarating

Option: C
Usage of any of the words “precarious”, “minuscule” and “exhilarating” would be absurd as none of them is meaningful or logical in the context of the passage. Options B, D, and E can hence be eliminated. Usage of “various” for the blank will not be appropriate either as it’s not going well with the word “urgent” in combination. We can eliminate option A as well. Clearly, the word “vigorous” which means ‘strong and forceful’ would be the most appropriate word for the blank in the given context of the passage.

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