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 number.
Farm outfits are (1)______ about grabbing the farmers’ land by the large corporations under contract farming. The Union government has put a proposal (2)____allay the fears of farmers by saying that there will be no sale, lease, and transfer of land (3)_____the period of the contract agreement. But the history of contract farming has many (4)_____- of non-payment by the companies (5)______various excuses like substandard produce. It has happened in the case of sugarcane (6)______ payments were held for many years or cases of non-procurement making excuses of poor quality. It has (7)______ the farmers into a debt trap. In such cases, farmers (8)______unable to repay the loans and have no option other than to sell/lose their lands. Contract farming has (9)_______in displacing and destroying farmers all over the world. Even in the USA, where huge subsidies are given (10)_______ the agriculture sector, the farmers are forced to commit suicides.