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 5.
Option 1: accumulated
Option 2: specified
Option 3: endangered
Option 4: granted
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Correct Answer: endangered
Solution : The third option is correct.
Explanation: In the context of the passage, the sentence talks about elephants, tigers, the wild rhinos of South Africa, and many other forest creatures. The term that accurately describes the status of these species due to the various threats mentioned in the passage is endangered . Endangered species refers to species that are at risk of extinction or facing a significant decline in numbers.
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