In the following question, two words are given in bold. Below are three sentences with two blanks each. Identify which of the given sentences can be completed correctly using the two words (in the exact order given) without changing their original context or meaning. Words: Channel, Drain 1.    Is the government planning to ____ additional public funds into healthcare infrastructure, or will bureaucracy continue to ____ critical national resources unnecessarily? 2.    Had the civil engineer managed to ____ the floodwaters away from the township, the heavy downpour would not ____ the municipal budget. 3.    The spiritual teacher encouraged students to ____ their creative energy inward, warning that negative emotions would otherwise ____ their vital energy reserves.

Explanation: ·         Sentence 1: o   First blank: Channel (Verb) = Direct or route resources toward a purpose o   Second blank: Drain (Verb) = Deplete or exhaust resources continuously o   Meaning: Channel funds into healthcare vs bureaucracy continuing to drain (waste/deplete) resources. Fits administrative/governance context. (Correct)   ·         Sentence 2: o   First blank: Channel floodwaters = Correct. o   Second blank: "would not drain the municipal budget" works contextually, but in conditional structure ("Had the engineer managed to channel... would not have drained "), the sentence uses "would not drain" which creates a third conditional grammatical error (would not have drained is required). Thus, it is grammatically incorrect. (Incorrect)   ·         Sentence 3:


o   First blank: Channel (Verb) = Direct thoughts or energy toward a specific outlet o   Second blank: Drain (Verb) = Exhaust or sap energy/strength o   Meaning: Channel creative energy inward; negative emotions will drain energy reserves. Fits psychology/lifestyle context cleanly. (Correct)