What should come in the place of blank number (2)?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. semiotics.
Context: The sentence emphasizes the symbolic or sign-based function of development rather than its practical use.
Meaning of the words:
Collapse: Breakdown or failure.
Semiotics: Study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.
Hesitation: Pause due to uncertainty.
Repair: Fixing something.
Correct word: Semiotics
Reason: “Semiotics” fits perfectly as the passage discusses symbolic meaning (roads and metros representing ideas rather than functioning).
Final Sentence: What matters is the performative semiotics of development: roads that signify mobility even when impassable, metros that symbolize futurity even when immobile.
Hence the chosen option is correct.