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GATE 2016 EC – Question 3

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

Despite the new medicine's ______________ in treating diabetes, it is not ______________widely.

  1. effectiveness --- prescribed
  2. availability --- used
  3. prescription --- available
  4. acceptance --- proscribed

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Correct answer: (A) effectiveness --- prescribed

Explanation

"Despite" signals a contrast. The medicine is effective, but doctors do not prescribe it widely, which gives "effectiveness" and "prescribed". "Proscribed" means forbidden, so it does not fit.