SSC CHSL 2024 PYQ — Question 8

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Famines were (1) ___________ during the period of British rule due to many reasons (2) __________ unemployment following import of machine-made goods from Britain, overexploitation of farmers and (3) _________ access to food. India suffered two very severe droughts in 1965 and 1966. India achieved (4) ___________ in food grains by the year 1976 through the implementation of the seedwater-fertiliser-led (5) ___________. The country is no longer exposed to real famines. However, lack of purchasing power continues to haunt people in some parts of the country.