In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension:
Trade on the New York Stock Exchange was (1) ______ to a standstill on an autumn day (2) ______ 1994. The culprit for the outage (3) ______ a squirrel that had chewed through a power line near the computer centre of the (4) ______ in Trumbull, Connecticut. The shutdown (5) ______ lasted for half-an- hour, resulted in the NYSE operating at 85 percent capacity.
For the following questions answer them individually
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Municipal corporations have started to take ______ of the problems of waste management.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
For the following questions answer them individually