Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

At the same time, government spending, which could set the pace for overall ___(1)___ in a stuttering economy, has not roared forward. Capital expenditure grew a ___(2)___ 0.8% in February from a year earlier. Even though CapEx had risen about 20% in the April-February 11-month period, the Centre still had about ₹1.2 lakh crore left to be ___(3)___ in March, and it appears ___(4)___ that the Government would have met its revised CapEx target of ₹6 lakh crore for FY22. Though tax revenues have been robust, the Government likely held back on capital expenditure to help offset the ___(5)___ of divestment proceeds it had budgeted for. Given geopolitical tensions, the stock market has been too ___(6)___ for the Government to go ahead with the initial public offer for LIC. The sale of a stake in BPCL has also not proceeded ___(7)___. Despite these ___(8)___, the Government may have little choice but to crank up capital spending early in the new fiscal if it wants to stoke the economy. The multiplier effect would not only ___(9)___ industries such as cement and steel but may also help crowd in private investment, spurring job ___(10)___, which has been the economy’s Achilles heel for a while now.