Direction: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.
-
In these bleak and depressing times of ___________ prices, non-performing governments and ___________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about
-
- escalating, increasing
- spiralling, booming
- spiralling, soaring
- ascending, debilitating
Correct Option: C
Prices are usually called as spiralling up as well as the increasingly soaring crime rates. Soaring means increasing rapidly.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
In these bleak and depressing times of spiralling prices, non-performing governments and soaring crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about