Question
Though migration of healthcare workers abroad is often
______________ as one of the foremost reasons for shortage of personnel, about a quarter of medically qualified persons available in India are out of the labour force. In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.Solution
The word ‘cite’ means ‘to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened’. So, ‘cited’ is correct. A, B and D are grammatically incorrect and E is contextually inappropriate. Though migration of healthcare workers abroad is often cited as one of the foremost reasons for shortage of personnel, about a quarter of medically qualified persons available in India are out of the labour force.
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