Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pair of words to make the sentence a meaningful one. Each sentence is followed by five pairs of words. Choose the correct pair.

A big question in front of us is whether the caste system is anywhere near the process of _______, or is the traditional social order ____ its value system.

  1. burgeoning, destroying

  2. catastrophe, affirming

  3. annihilation, reasserting

  4. demise, abandoning

  5. fusion, blending
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence clearly indicates two opposite words are required for the blanks. Catastrophe meaning calamity does not go with preceding words, ‘process of’. Annihilation meaning ‘destruction’ fits in. Moreover its opposite is found in ‘reasserting’ meaning ‘upholding’. So, correct answer is option 3.

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