In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. With the groundwater table receding alarmingly, an ostrich mentality will only increase water woes. Deficit rainfall (611) ______ indiscriminate extraction of ground water (612) ______ two major reasons for (613) ____situation. Government must promote (614) ___ harvesting and conservation. Citizens must (615) ______ learn to use water judiciously or else the State will run out of water like Cape Town. Select the most appropriate option for blank no 2. (a) was (b) was (c) is (d) are

Options

A. was
B. was
C. is
D. are

Answer

D

Explanation

(d) are .Here we need a plural auxiliary verb for “Deficit rainfall and indiscriminate extraction of groundwater”.so option (d) is the answer