Answer: Option A. -> Fraud
Answer: (a)Meaning of words: Evasion - The act of physically escaping something, Amazement - A feeling of surprise, Futile - Waste. With the negative word ‘Evasion’ before the blank, it simply directs to have a negative word only after ‘and’. The word ‘And’ is used to connect words that convey same sense - positive-positive or negative-negative. This cancels the options - Bravery, Amazement as these words are positive. Failure doesn’t suit here.

Answer: Option D. -> Underreporting
Answer: (d)Meaning: Exaggerate - creating something bigger, larger or worse than it really was, Amplify - Enlarge, Underreporting - Failing to report or complete an action The sentence iterates about the problem of failing to report or stop deaths in country. Underreporting fills the sentence with the same meaning.

Answer: Option C. -> smelt
Answer: (c)

Answer: Option B. -> picked
Answer: (b)

Answer: Option B. -> went
Answer: (b)

Answer: Option B. -> heir
Answer: (b)

Answer: Option B. -> Whoever
Answer: (b)

Answer: Option C. -> Steering
Answer: (c)Meaning: Impounding - placing private property in custody, crawl - to move slowly, Steering - to guide or control a movement, Deflecting - cause something to change direction With an article “a” just before the blank, two of options “Impounding, Organising” starting with a vowel letter got cancelled. Also, Crawled is a negative word to be an adjective for a committee. A committee has been appointed to make final resolution plan and not to change any direction. This cancels out “Deflecting” also.

Answer: Option D. -> oxymoron
Answer: (d)

Answer: Option C. -> down
Answer: (c)