Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Clean India Mission is one of the most (1) _____ and popular missions to have taken place in India. This mission includes a reward to a state and a city. This encourages every citizen to keep the surroundings clean. This cleanliness campaign was (2) _____ by the Indian government at the national level, (3) _____ all the rural towns and urban cities. Its primary objective is to spread awareness of the importance of cleanliness. Slogans are written on the banners and pictures are painted in a very attractive manner to evoke the feeling of cleanliness. After that, a major objective was to teach citizens to (4) _____ of waste mindfully and to provide basic (5) _____ facilities. For this, wet and dry dustbins are kept by every citizen whether it is home or office.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: sanitation
Option 2: refinement
Option 3: purification
Option 4: contamination
Correct Answer: sanitation
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
Sanitation is the process of keeping places free from dirt, infection, disease, etc., by removing waste, trash and garbage, by cleaning streets, etc. The meanings of sanitation and purification are very similar. But, when we talk about facilities, the correct word that should be used is sanitation.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
- Refinement is a small change that improves something.
- Purification is the removal of impure elements from something.
- Contamination is the process of making something dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous substances.
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