Each of the following questions has two sentences with one blank each. Choose the option that best fits in both the blanks.
_________ of the fact that the work load was extending, they forced themselves to work an extra hour.
The food delivered to the _________ group seemed to show some sign of emotion.
In the following sentence a part of the sentence has been underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part, which might improve the sentence.Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose option 5.
Soviet carriers were more rattled on defending Soviet territory than supporting wars overseas.
A. Scattered
B. Bilked
C. Focused
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.
About twelve o’clock that night was born the Catherine you saw at Wuthering Heights: a __(1)__ (small), seven-months’ child; and two hours after the mother died, having never recovered __(2)__ (enough) consciousness to miss Heathcliff, or know Edgar. The latter’s distraction at his __(3)__ (loss) is a subject too painful to be dwelt on; its after-effects showed how deep the sorrow sunk. A great addition, in my eyes, was his being left without a __(4)__ (successor). I bemoaned that, as I gazed on the __(5)__ (weak) orphan; and I mentally abused old Linton for (what was only natural partiality) the securing his estate to his own daughter, instead of his son’s. An unwelcomed infant it was, poor thing! It might have __(6)__ (cry) out of life, and nobody cared a morsel, during those first hours of existence. We __(7)__ (compensate) the neglect afterwards; but its beginning was as friendless as its end is likely to be.
Which of the following words fits the blank labeled as (4)?
In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank and is to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Five alternatives are suggested for the question. Choose the correct alternative out of the five and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
The people regarded him an _____ and called him a villain.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
At the pinnacle of the global financial crisis in 2008 when liquidity crunch hit the Indian credit market, the then finance minister P. Chidambaram constituted a liquidity management committee _______ by the then finance secretary Arun Ramanathan. The decision raised hands as liquidity management is a key function of the RBI. (One of the meetings of that committee was held in the head office of a public sector bank in Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai.)
An ‘annoyed and upset’ Duvvuri Subbarao,/(1) the then governor of RBI, /(2) calling up the finance minister to say that /(3) he would not participate /(4) in the meeting. Mr. Subbarao himself penned /(1) leading the Reserve Bank of India through /(2) the incident down in his memoir /(3) five turbulent years./(4) — Who Moved My Interest Rate - /(5)
The point is, even in such _______ economic circumstances, Mr. Chidambaram did not take specific policy-related issues to the RBI board. But now times have changed. In the last two board meetings of the central bank, /(1) specific issues such as bank capital, debt restructuring scheme, /(2) liquidity for non-banking finance companies and reviewing prompt corrective action framework, (3) apart from the economic capital framework, was discussed. /(4)
A statement issued by RBI after the November 19 board meeting, among other things, said, “The Board, while deciding to retain the CRAR at 9%, agreed to extend the transition period for implementing the last tranche of 0.625% under the Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB), by one year i.e. up to March 31, 2020.”
On the issue of debt recast scheme for /(1) the restructuring of stressed standard assets of MSMEs./(2) micro, medium and small enterprises, /(3) the board ‘advised’ that the RBI should consider a scheme for /(4) On capital, it was clear that the decision was taken by the board. Clearly, the government wants the board to be more _______. However, the board has members from the corporate world who have a stake in the financial markets, which poses a serious conflict of interest.Fill the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate word.
Clearly, the government wants the board to be more _______.