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Direction: Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.

  1. Infant mortality rate in China has____ from 200 per thousand to 14 per thousand.
    1. retarded
    2. declined
    3. contracted
    4. minimised
Correct Option: D

As we can say that ,
Here, the infant mortality rate (IMR) moves from a higher level (200) to a lower level (14). Hence, declined.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Infant mortality rate in China has minimised from 200 per thousand to 14 per thousand.
Hence , option D is correct word .



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