After going through the passage characterised author’s tone.

Explanation

“acerbic” means “sharp and forthright”. From the passage we can clearly see that the author is stating the facts in coherent manner with appropriate data. Thus, acerbic is the right word to justify author’s tone. Condescending: stooping to the level of one’s inferiors; patronising Cynical: believing people are generally dishonest and selfish Laudatory: praising someone/something Satirical: making fun to show a weakness; ridiculing S85 Ans (a) Sol. “Remittances” means “payment of money that is transferred to another party”, hence, appropriate for this context. Other words are: Supplementary: something extra to fill the gap Invoice: an official paper that lists goods or services that you have received and says how much you have to pay for them 9 www.bankersadda.com | www.ssca Evasion: the act of avoiding something that you should do Consideration: an act of thinking about something carefully or for a long time S86. Ans (b) Sol. “arduous” means “full of difficulties; needing a lot of efforts”. Whereas “onerous” means “ full of difficulties; needing a lot of effort”, hence they can be used interchangeably. Fragile: easily breakable Effortless: easy or not required much effort Exciting: causing strong feelings of pleasure and interest S87. Ans (b) Sol. “Derision” means “ridicule or mockery” thus, can replace the word mentioned in the question. “Applause”, “praise”, “approval” are the antonyms of “ridicule”, which mean “to show approval or support”. S88. Ans (c) Sol. Here “expanding” means “to enlarge” which is opposite of the word “shrinking” Other words “wither”, “shrivel”, “condense” are synonyms of “shrink”. S89. Ans (c) Sol. From the above passage, it is clearly seen that the passage is talking about water scarcity. So, the correct word is “scarcity”. Note that “scarcity” means “lack of something” Clog: become or cause to become obstructed Scarcity: small or inadequate amount Abundance: more than adequate quantity Surplus: quantity much larger than needed. S90. Ans (a) Sol. The sentence suggested that the water scarcity can be viewed as no satisfaction of expressed demand, economic competition for water quantity or quality, disputes among users, irreversible groundwater, So the correct usage of the word is “manifest” which means “provided evidence for”. Attested: established as genuine Hidden: Not accessible to view Certify: guarantee of something Transparent: easily understood or easily permeable adda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App