Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
The objective of ensuring stability of pulse prices is rooted in …(1)… fluctuations in production levels. It won’t be an understatement to say that the prevailing prices of pulses are at a reasonably stable level. The prices of the five major pulses have been in the comfortable range of Rs.60-75 per kg for quite some time now, as compared to previous high levels of Rs.100-150 because of lower production due to drought. Food inflation has been …(2)… in containing overall inflation. Elementary economics says that price is majorly the …(3)… of interplay between demand and supply. A basic study of the …(4)… between the production of pulses and their prices reaffirms that the latter is much influenced by the supply side as the demand is more or less increasing at a steady (and predictable) pace. Thus, it may be said that price fluctuations are largely the …(5)… of production fluctuations.
Question No : 1
(1) Curb
(2) Curbing
(3) Having Curbed
(4) Have been curbing
(5) CurbedQuestion No : 2
(1) Detrimental
(2) Stabilising
(3) Instrumental
(4) Encouraging
(5) SmootheningQuestion No : 3
(1) Importance
(2) Prominence
(3) Consequence
(4) Concern
(5) TerminationQuestion No : 4
(1) Renumeraation
(2) Enhancement
(3) Transformation
(4) Improvement
(5) CorrelationQuestion No : 5
(1) Impact
(2) Variation
(3) Capacity
(4) Approach
(5) Constraint