Each of the following items in this question consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the synonym of the word or words (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

It is the difficulty or SCARCITY of a thing that it makes it precious.

‘Operation Cactus’ is the name given to Indian Military intervention in

Prof. Vijay Raghavan, an Indian scientist, who has been elected Fellow of Royal Society in…

The UN has recently passed a resolution against human right violation in a South Asian…

A high level committee set up by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation…

Suppose, the Naxalites have kidnapped a Deputy Commissioner from Baster region in Chhattisgarh and taken…