| Comprehension: | ||
| In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. In India, of late, pizza has become a (1)________ food. It has become a fashion trend and also a fashion statement. The popularity of the food is rocketing. This is (2)____ from a report by Fortune magazine. The two giants of the pizza industry, Pizza Hut and Dominos, are in hot (3)_________, a manner of showing that one is part of the famous Western culture. In fact, it is more of an issue with each other in India. India has 134 Pizza Huts and 149 Dominos locations, with each chain opening 50 stores a year. The popularity of pizza in India, Fortune claims, is because of its similarity to India’s native cuisine. Unlike Chinese and Japanese, Indians eat leavened bread (roti or naan), and a popular traditional version slathers it in butter and garlic—not unlike garlic bread, the most often ordered side dish at both Dominos and Pizza Hut franchises in India. Cheese (paneer) is ubiquitous in India’s northern cuisine. Tomatoes and all kinds of sauces are (4)____________ everywhere. Combine these ingredients into one gooey, oily, tasty dish that you can eat with your hands—as Indians traditionally do—and you have a hit. Compare this with other popular foods or noodles. Sometimes, it slurps down our forks and off the plate, and here we end up with a whole lot of (5)_____. The one thing that increases the love for pizza among one and all is that we can all eat it with our hands. | ||
| SubQuestion No : 161 | ||
| Q.161 | Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. | |
| Ans | 1. standard | |
| 2. traditional | ||
| 3. popular | ||
| 4. staple | ||
Correct Ans Provided: 3
