What should come in the place of blank number [3] ?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. containment.
Context: The sentence suggests that instead of making radical reforms, ecological crises are being controlled superficially through incremental techno-fixes.
Meaning of the words:
Minimalism: Simplicity in design or lifestyle.
Mobilization: The act of organizing resources for action.
Desist: To stop doing something.
Containment: The act of controlling or limiting something.
Correct word: Containment
Reason: The passage discusses limiting ecological crises through temporary measures rather than solving root causes, which matches the meaning of “containment”.
Final Sentence: The language of 'tipping points' and 'irreversible loss' evokes a moral urgency that, paradoxically, facilitates a form of ecological containment, wherein radical structural reform is substituted by incremental techno-fixes.
Hence the chosen option is correct.