A word has been given in each question and has been used in the sentences given below. Identify the statements where the word has been used in a contextually and grammatically correct manner.

Mitigate
(i) Wearing protective gear can help mitigate the risk of injury during construction work.
(ii) The government introduced new subsidies to mitigate the financial burden on low-income households.
(iii) Droughts are a persistent challenge in the Rajasthan plains that are mitigated by farmers and traders.

Correct Option: Both (i) & (ii)

Meaning of the Word:
The verb "mitigate" means to make something less severe, harmful, intense, or painful, or to alleviate a risk or burden.

Step-by-Step Analysis of Each Sentence:
Statement (i): "Wearing protective gear can help mitigate the risk of injury during construction work."
This sentence is correct. Wearing protective gear helps lessen or reduce the severity of potential injury risks during construction, which is a contextually and grammatically precise usage of "mitigate".

Statement (ii): "The government introduced new subsidies to mitigate the financial burden on low-income households."
This sentence is correct. Subsidies serve to ease or lighten the financial burden on households, which accurately aligns with the definition of "mitigate".

Statement (iii): "Droughts are a persistent challenge in the Rajasthan plains that are mitigated by farmers and traders."
This sentence is incorrect. Droughts are large-scale natural climatic phenomena, so saying that droughts themselves are "mitigated by farmers and traders" is contextually inaccurate. While people can mitigate the effects or impacts of a drought through water management, farmers and traders do not mitigate the drought itself.

Thus, the word Mitigate has been used correctly in statements (i) and (ii) only.