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subodh sharma

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· 1 Months ago

use of 'not' with 'but' (Question: 178208.1 )

in use of 'not' with 'but'

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DIRECTIONS: In the following passage, there are blanks which have been numbered.And after the blank is given  a word which could be the probable answer. If it is the required word for the blank, then choose option (e) as your answer, if not, then, against each number four words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case and mark it as your answer.


Bhutan’s announcement that it is unable to ___1__ (exist) with the Motor Vehicles Agreement with Bangladesh, India and Nepal is a road block, __2__(and also) a dead end, for the regional sub-grouping India had planned for ease of access among the four countries. The sub-grouping, BBIN as it is referred to, was an alternative mooted by the government after Pakistan __3___ (hailed) the MVA at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu in 2014. It seeks to allow trucks and other commercial vehicles to __4__ (ply) on one another’s highways to ___5____(facilitate) trade. Of the other SAARC members, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are not connected by land, and Afghanistan could only be connected if Pakistan was on board. Down to just three countries now after Thimphu’s decision, India, Nepal and Bangladesh will have to decide __6____(else) to wait for Bhutan to reconsider or to press ahead with a _____7__(extended) ‘BIN’ arrangement. 


The first option will not be easy. The main concern expressed by Bhutanese citizen groups and politicians is over -___8____(decreased) vehicular and air pollution in a country that ____9___ (poises) itself on ecological consciousness. The upper house of parliament has refused to ratify the MVA that was originally signed by all four BBIN countries in 2015, and the official announcement indicates that Thimphu will not push the agreement ___ 10 ___(ahead) of elections in 2018.

Mark the correct option for blank _(2)_.
Options:
A) and not
B) even if 
C) despite
D) and altogether
E) Given option is correct
Solution:
Ans: (a)

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· 1 Months ago

Dear student
It is a road block and not a dead end...would be the correct sequence. It cannot be like this 'Nepal is a road block and also a dead end, it has to be one of the either. ....for the regional sub-grouping India had planned for ease of access among the four countries. ....acts as a clue to it.

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