Waste volumes continue to grow as economic growth A) spurs B) controls consumption. The laws on municipal solid waste, protection of water sources and pollution control are just not being A) enforced B) distributed. The official machinery required to enforce legal provisions vigorously, and the infrastructure to manage waste scientifically are A) utilizing B) inadequate, making it unlikely that there will be significant public health outcomes flowing from high-profile cleaning campaigns. Without full A) confirmation B) commitment to these aspects of development, there is little chance of meaningfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals on water and sanitation anytime soon. Besides ending manual scavenging, the Swachh Bharat Mission must A) ensure B) experience that the manual cleaning of septic tanks, which is killing so many workers each year, is stopped and that funds for rehabilitation reach them.
Explanation:
Correct Answer is (b).Smart Approach:
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Coming to our options, for Blank I, we go with A since economic growth of the country is actually improving the consumption and if B is used, it may mean both ways regarding the effect of economic growth on consumption pattern of a country.
Our answer should start with A and we have options A, B and C starting with A.
Let’s move on to the second blank of the passage. In this case, our pick would be A since B is not making any sense here. With this, we are left with our correct answer i.e. Option B since both the others have B in the second place.
This makes option B the correct choice among the given options.
Detailed explanation:
For blank I, spurs should be used in order to indicate that the economic growth in the country is contribution towards an increase in the consumption levels of the population of the country. This is also a factor behind the increase in generation of waste in the country. The other word can be ruled out since does not explain the given context properly.
Coming to Blank II, it is clear that the author is talking about enforcing the machinery and it makes A the correct word here. B can be ruled out very easily for this.
Blank III should be filled with B since we are talking about the machinery to implement the municipal laws in the country so that waste management can be made more effective in the country and because of the insufficiency of this mechanism; the country is finding it difficult. A can be ruled out easily as it does not fit in the given context.
Blank IV can be filled with commitment since we are talking about the dedication and determination of the government towards the various facets of development. Confirmation can be ruled out easily from the given context.
Blank V can be filled with ensure since it is very much necessary that the government should make sure that manual scavenging is done away with from the country and experience is not the perfect fit for this given context.
So, the correct combination is AABBA
This makes option B the correct choice among the given options.
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By: Abhishek kumar