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GATE 2018 EC – Question 2

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

"Even though there is a vast scope for its ________, tourism has remained a/an ________ area."

The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

  1. improvement, neglected
  2. rejection, approved
  3. fame, glum
  4. interest, disinterested

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Correct answer: (A) improvement, neglected

Explanation

The sentence contrasts the scope for improvement with the area having been neglected. The other pairs do not make sense with "even though".