Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.
An infection is said to be endemic when the rate of occurance becomes static in a particular 1)________________ region, which means that main cause of the disease — SARS-CoV-2 in this particular case — it is likely to exist but will not lead to large 2)_______________ as witnessed over the last two years.
Although it has been seen that the total number of infections in India is constantly 3)_______________, experts say they cannot provide a fixed timeline as when the disease will become endemic. It will all be dependent on the number of people who are susceptible to this pathogen, vaccination rates, and also to emergence of new variants that are able to overcome the immune response.
“Endemic means that the virus will still remain in the population and there will be 4)_____________ ups and downs as and when the favourable condition of the virus will exist. For example, we have seen that the seasonal flu the number for which goes up in the winters and or especially when the season is changing because of lower immunity in people ,on the other hand we have seen the dengue cases rising after monsoons because of the availability of vectors. Covid-19 also may become seasonal and cause disease in the 5)_______________,” said Dr Pramod Garg, who is currently the director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)-Faridabad.
Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.
Option 1: heinous
Option 2: decorum
Option 3: outbreaks
Option 4: inherent
Correct Answer:
outbreaks
Solution : The correct answer is outbreaks.
It is likely to exist but will not lead to large outbreaks as witnessed over the last two years.
Explanation:
Outbreaks is the only word that will fit the blank and make the sentence coherent.
It refers to the unexpected occurrence of something unwelcome, such as war or disease.
Heinous- (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
Decorum- well-mannered behavior
Inherent-existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
