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. This year, the world’s largest democracy, India, and the biggest country by ___ A ___, Russia, are celebrating the 70th anniversary of establishment of

Step-by-step solution

Usage of any of the words “called”, “nullified” and “declared” for the blank restricts the flow of the sentence because of the presence of the preposition ‘to’ in the predicate part. Options A, D and E hence get eliminated. As the first sentence evidently implies a long term relation between the two countries – India & Russia, the word “revived” will not be relevant here for the blank. Clearly, the word “elevated” would be fitting the bla