Applied Course | Mock GATE | Test 1 | Question: 2

Question

As traffic congestion plagues every significant road, similarly it also _______ the narrow lanes of the city.

• A. clogs
• B. obliterates
• C. restricts
• D. prevents

Answer 1

Here, in the given sentence, the use of the words 'as' in the beginning of the sentence and "similarly" in the latter half of the sentence indicate that the missing word should be a synonym of the word "Plagues". Of all the given options, the word "clogs" is having a similar meaning which refers to block, congest, jam.