Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. The blockade of the national highways leading to the Manipur valley, called by the United Naga Council (UNC), has been in place since November 1. This has sev

Step-by-step solution

Usage of “exceed” for the blank would be ungrammatical as the sentence is in Perfect Tense and the verb to be used must be in its past participle form while “exceed” is in the present form. This eliminates option A. Further, usage of any of the words “pacified”, “vindicated” and “exemplified” doesn’t make any sense when filled in the blank. The verb “exacerbated” the present form of which refers to ‘making a disease or situation wor