Directions (1-15): In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.
Q1. Emerging (1) markets are advanced (2) their dynamism, after a remarkable (3) three-decade-long run during which they caught up rapidly with losing (4) economies.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q2. The protracted (1) economic forecasts (2) from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are sobering (3), pointing to latest (4) slowdowns across the board in China, India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q3. It’s nice to see that the government borrowing (1) its plan to raise part of its annual (2) gross junked (3) overseas in foreign currencies but the ~70,000crore recapitalization (4) package of public sector banks has not achieved the purpose.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q4. To meet the minimum capital adequacy norms (1) set by RBI and to operations (2) the banks to expand their enable (3), public sector banks will need more capital (4).
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q5. People might be relied (1) to understand to what extent (2) opinion polls can be struggling (3) on, at least so far as the Delhi Assembly election is concerned (4).
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q6. After the shift (1) of the Union Budget later (2) this week, focus (3) will soon presentation (4) to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q7. It is possible (1) that the consumption spending (2) of households has changed (3) since the consumer expenditure survey of 2011-12 and Indian households are now pattern (4) more on health and education.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q8. There is a time (1) among political leaders nowadays to indulge (2) in a war of words over the heirs of legacies (3) of freedom fighters just around the tendency (4) of their anniversaries.
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q9. What makes coronavirus particularly lethal is that it mutates (1) easily and can spread even in its contagion (2) period, which means the risk of incubation (3) is high even before any symptoms (4) show up.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q10. ISRO has sent medical missions (1) to France and Russia, and put prospective (2) astronauts through screening (3) physical stringent (4).
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q11. The tools of macro (1) policy can ability (2) the business cycle, but their address (3) to address the overall (4) problem is limited.
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q12. Policymakers (1) in India were in a terrible (2) bind in 2001 owing to fiscal (3) stress and in 2010 owing to inflation (4).
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q13. A root-cause analysis (1) of the investment (2) in trend growth from 2011 onwards (3) will take us to the decline in private decline (4).
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
Q14. The useful path lies in discretionary (1) the situation to push for the required (2) long-term structural (3) reforms in tax policy and tax administration, instead of thinking in terms of harnessing (4) fiscal policy.
(a) 1-4
(b) 2-3
(c) 3-4
(d) Both (a) & (c)
(e) None of these
Q15. Indian markets fell spreading (1) today, tracking global peers lower, as fears about the economic impact (2) of China’s sharply (3) virus outbreak curbed risk appetite (4).
(a) 1-2
(b) 2-3
(c) 2-4
(d) 1-3
(e) None of these
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Here, 2-4i.e, ‘losing’ will be replaced by ‘advanced’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“Emerging markets are losing their dynamism, after a remarkable three-decade-long run during which they caught up rapidly with advanced economies”.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. Here, 1-4i.e, ‘latest’ will be replaced by ‘protracted’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“The latest economic forecasts from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are sobering, pointing to protracted slowdowns across the board in China, India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America”.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Here, 1-3 i.e, ‘junked’ will be replaced by ‘borrowing’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“It’s nice to see that the government junked its plan to raise part of its annual gross borrowing overseas in foreign currencies but the ~70,000crore recapitalization package of public sector banks has not achieved the purpose”.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here, 2-3 i.e, ‘enable’ will be replaced by ‘operations’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“To meet the minimum capital adequacy norms set by RBI and to enable the banks to expand their operations, public sector banks will need more capital”.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Here, 1-3i.e, ‘struggling’ will be replaced by ‘relied’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“Another Assembly election in Delhi is around the corner. People might be struggling to understand to what extent opinion polls can be relied on, at least so far as the Delhi Assembly election is concerned”.
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. Here, 1-4i.e, ‘presentation’ will be replaced by ‘shift’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“After the presentation of the Union Budget later this week, focus will soon shift to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)”.
S7. Ans. (c)
Sol. Here, 2-4 i.e, ‘pattern’ will be replaced by ‘spending’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“It is possible that the consumption pattern of households has changed since the
consumer expenditure survey of 2011-12 and Indian households are now spending
more on health and education”.
S8. Ans. (a)
Sol. Here, 1-4 i.e, ‘tendency’ will be replaced by ‘time’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“There is a tendency among political leaders nowadays to indulge in a war of words over the heirs of legacies of freedom fighters just around the time of their anniversaries”.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here, 2-3 i.e, ‘incubation’ will be replaced by ‘contagion’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“What makes coronavirus particularly lethal is that it mutates easily and can spread even in its incubation period, which means the risk of contagion is high even before any symptoms show up”.
S10. Ans. (c)
Sol. Here, 3-4 i.e, ‘stringent’ will be replaced by ‘screening’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“ISRO has sent medical missions to France and Russia, and put prospective astronauts through stringent physical screening”.
S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here, 2-3 i.e, ‘address’ will be replaced by ‘ability’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“The tools of macro policy can address the business cycle, but their ability to address the overall problem is limited”.
S12. Ans. (e)
Sol. Here, the sentence is absolutely correct. No any interchange is required.
The sentence remains the same as “Policymakers in India were in a terrible bind in 2001 owing to fiscal stress and in 2010 owing to inflation”.
S13. Ans. (c)
Sol. Here, 2-4 i.e, ‘decline’ will be replaced by ‘investment’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“A root-cause analysis of the decline in trend growth from 2011 onwards will take us to the decline in private investment”.
S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. Here, 1-4 i.e, ‘harnessing’ will be replaced by ‘discretionary’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“The useful path lies in harnessing the situation to push for the required long-term structural reforms in tax policy and tax administration, instead of thinking in terms of discretionary fiscal policy”.
S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. Here, 1-3 i.e, ‘sharply’ will be replaced by ‘spreading’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. The sentence thus formed is,
“Indian markets fell sharply today, tracking global peers lower, as fears about the economic impact of China’s spreading virus outbreak curbed risk appetite”.
