Question
Given below is a sentence with one blank. Below the
sentence are given four words among which one word might fill the blank. If none of the words fill the blank to form a meaningful sentence, choose option 5 ‘None of the above’ as your answer. The National Solar Mission, launched in 2010, has played a __________ role in promoting solar energy across the country.Solution
The word pivotal means crucial or of central importance. In the context of the sentence, the National Solar Mission has been very important in promoting solar energy, so pivotal is the most appropriate word to fill the blank.
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