ibps-so 2023 · Question 5 of 323

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete. Google has __ (1) __ there isn’t enough cyberspace to __ (2) __ with ‘Sanskari’ Indians. On average, 16 gigabytes of hard disk space can hold about 6,000 books. Technological developments have made it possible, the PR machinery of tech giants constantly __ (3) __ us, to access, share and easily store more data than ever before. But India’s social media sanskaris have __ (4) __ this basic assumption of the digital age. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the eggheads at Google were __ (5) __ by smartphones in India running out of space at a rapid rate. After furious research, they discovered the culprit: The good morning message. Find the appropriate word for Blank 5.

1. Alost
2. BpuzzledCorrect
3. Cmessing up
4. Dclear
5. Ecertain