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    Question

    In the following questions, each sentence has two blanks. Choose the appropriate set of words for the blanks that best fits in the context of the sentence.

    The declining number of public-transport buses in Kerala

    has __________ in availability of buses ___________ to approximately 0.50 per 1,000 people, as compared to the national average of 1.33.
    A reduced, comparing Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B reported, combined Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C resulted, nosediving Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D record, clinging Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘resulted’ means ‘something that happens or exists because of something else’ and the word ‘nosedive’ means ‘a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down’. These two words are appropriate here. The declining number of public-transport buses in Kerala has resulted in availability of buses nosediving to approximately 0.50 per 1,000 people, as compared to the national average of 1.33.

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