Fill in the blanks with suitable words: 

Price hike meahs increasing price of daily necessaries. When the price of (a)________ things goes beyond the purchasing capacity of the general people. There are many reasons (b) _________ price hike. First price hike occurs because of (c) __________ disasters. In our country natural disaster like flood and (d) ___________ occur almost every year. Flood damages (e) __________ crops of the country. So the supply of goods falls short in proportion (f) ___________ our population. Hoarding is another cause of price hike. The dishonest businessmen create artificial (g) ___________ of food grains. It causes (h) ________ sufferings to the poor and the (i) _________ class people. To remove this problem the dishonest businessmen and the hoarders should be punished. The government should also monitor and take proper (j) _________  to control the abnormal price hike. 

(a) essential/ necessary 

(b) behind/for 

(c) sudden/ natural 

(d) drought 

(e) growing/ the 

(f) to 

(g) scarcity/ shortage 

(h) immense/great 

(i) middle 

(j) steps/actions 

Price hike meahs increasing price of daily necessaries. When the price of (a) essential/ necessary  things goes beyond the purchasing capacity of the general people. There are many reasons (b) behind/for price hike. First price hike occurs because of (c) sudden/ natural disasters. In our country natural disaster like flood and (d) drought occur almost every year. Flood damages (e) growing/ the crops of the country. So the supply of goods falls short in proportion (f) to  our population. Hoarding is another cause of price hike. The dishonest businessmen create artificial (g) scarcity/ shortage  of food grains. It causes (h) immense/great  sufferings to the poor and the (i) middle class people. To remove this problem the dishonest businessmen and the hoarders should be punished. The government should also monitor and take proper (j) steps/actions to control the abnormal price hike.