Question : In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Our beautiful ecosystem is being systematically (1)____ by industrial pollution channelled into rivers like the Ganga and the Yamuna, nuclear wastes from atomic plants muted into the world’s oceans, and (2)____ gases such as carbon dioxide mixed with the ozonosphere. Besides, tropical rainforests and green pastures are disappearing (3)_____ the pressure of a proliferating population. Dams are being (4)_____ over the rivers like the Narmada to change nature’s well-balanced surface equations between flora and fauna, and sloping mountainous terrain is being converted into mini oceans to supply electricity to the ever-starving industrial stomach of our age. Elephants, tigers, the wild rhinos of South Africa and many other forest creatures have become (5)_____ species.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: validated
Option 2: built
Option 3: detected
Option 4: associated
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Correct Answer: built
Solution : The second option is correct.
Explanation: In the context of the passage, the blank refers to the construction of dams over rivers like the Narmada. The correct verb to use in this context is built , as it accurately conveys the idea of creating or constructing dams.
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Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
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