Question
Given below are two sentences with one blank each. You
are provided with five options. Both blanks must be filled with only one word or one option. Identify the correct word or option that will make both the sentences complete grammatically and contextually. The vote was won only as the result of much _____________ by the government. Is it possible to be partners when one side conducts internal and foreign policy through diktat and ____________, while the other values democratic persuasion?Solution
'Supervene' means unexpected development and 'debacle' means a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco, neither of them can fit in the blanks contextually. 'Debating' also doesn't make any sense here. 'Arm twisting' which means forceful persuasion, will be the correct answer. Hence, (a) is the right answer.
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