Questions

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.

We now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

_____________ Central government expenditures

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

The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

He had had a short illness, there (had been) a brief time of acute suffering, then all was over.

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

a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

under the weather

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

A nation’s progress

A-requires many policies, many

B-on many fronts

C-plans, and actions

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Be under no illusions

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

Preferring or attracted to sunlight