Comprehension Passage
Direction: 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.
Daily infections in India have been ____(1)____ at an alarming rate again – from Wednesday (March 10) onwards, the country has set four ____(2)____ records for the most single-day infections in 2021. The country _____(3)_____reported 21,168 new cases a day – the highest _____(4)____December 27. While this is nowhere close to the peak the country has seen (over 96,000 average cases a day in mid-September), the worrying trend is that it is ____(5)____— the case rate dropped to 10,988 for the week ending February 11.
Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank number 4.
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since
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for
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from
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while