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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 four alternatives.


______________________ the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view _______________ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system. These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

A) saddled B) baffled
C) puzzled D) caught
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) saddled

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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 four alternatives.

The scenario _________________ dramatically today. We have the ___________________ of powerful Internet monopolies that are much bigger ________________ the telcos. Not surprisingly, these companies now see the _______________ of monopoly. They would like to combine with telcos to create monopolies for their platforms, ensuring that they control the future of the Internet and freeze their competition ____________.


The scenario _________________ dramatically today.

A) change B) had changed
C) has changed D) changing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) has changed

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

A person who lives by himself.

A) Bemuse B) Recluse
C) Applause D) Abstruse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Recluse

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

To renounce one’s faith or religion

A) Fantasy B) Euphrasy
C) Apostasy D) Epistasy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Apostasy

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Kabir said to me, "I was waiting for you for a long time."

A) Kabir told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time. B) Kabir had told that me had been waiting for me for a long time.
C) Kabir told me he had been waiting for me for a long time. D) Kabir told that me he was waiting for me for a long time.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kabir told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time.

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The polar ice-caps are made of ____________ water

A) Saline B) Salt
C) Sour D) Fresh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fresh

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According to the law of diminishing marginal utility, as the amount of a good consumed increases, the marginal utility of that good tends to 

A) improve B) diminish
C) remain constant D) first diminish and then improve
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) diminish

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Economists use the concept of marginal utility to measure happiness and pleasure and how that affects consumer decision making. They have also identified the law of diminishing marginal utility, which means that the first unit of consumption of a good or service has more utility than the next units of consumption.Hence, the marginal utility of the good diminishes as the amount of good consumed increases.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
My father did not approve ______ the plan of travelling to Uttarakhand because of bad weather there.

A) of B) one
C) to D) with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) of

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