Question 21 : I. Should quarterly growth _________ and BJP make gains in serial state elections it would salvage lost _________ , indicating a positive shift in perceptions.
II. We expect crude oil to _________ to USD 65 per barrel alongwith commodities standing their _________ against the temporary headwinds.
1. decline space
2. increase, floor
3. rebound, ground
4. slip, grip
5. depressed, topsy
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Question 22 : I. U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a near 17-year high in October, with households _________ about the labor market and business _________ , which could underpin consumer spending and boost the economy.
II. The services sector was the most _________ about business prospects in over three years with about 9 per cent of firms expecting more favourable business _________ in the October to March period.
1. downtrodden environment
2. vulnerable, situation
3. regular, placid
4. upbeat, conditions
5. optimism, excellent
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Question 23 : I. India did not have _________ targeting then and so was able to deal with the shocks _________ than many countries.
II. _________ remains below targets for many Central Bank; and is generally set to stay that way in the year ahead even though the world economy in general is set to do much _________ in 2018.
1. consumed more
2. inflation, better
3. reduced, enhanced
4. deflation, good
5. prices, honed
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Question 24 : I. Economic growth, which had been ___________ down for some time but had been given a boost by strong governance reforms was given a demand boost to facilitate ___________ acceleration.
II. Forced __________ is when political parties hire PR agencies which ___________ employ social media ‘influencers’ who release the same tweets with the hashtag at a high intensity.
1. trending further
2. trading, more
3. hover, advance
4. shot, progress
5. going, reduce
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Question 25 : I. An erstwhile ___________ department in the ministry of commerce, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), was put in ___________ of this transformation.
II. A ___________ driver was arrested yesterday on a drunk driving __________ on the Delhi-Chandigarh Highway.
1. headstrong arraign
2. lazy, impeach
3. inactive, headlong
4. slumber, contact
5. sleepy, charge
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Question 26 : Michael understands that creating an ecosystem around the smallholders is important to _________ them in gainful farming. The rural tribal areas are acutely ___________ in products and services required for profitable farming. The present scale and diffusion of agriculture technology is not attractive for conventional markets. Local entrepreneurship is essential to aggregate the demand and supply of farm inputs, services and outputs. It has to sustain the agripreneur, as well as help him stay __________ in the local market.
1. help intolerant happy
2. provide, short, creative
3. facilitate, mature, detained
4. sustain, deficient, competitive
5. bind, yielding, diligent
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Question 27 : Cambridge University-led research has successfully _________ washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric. The textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, _________ printing of inks based on graphene, a 2D form of carbon. The fabrics developed are ___________ to wear and can survive up to 20 cycles in a typical washing machine, said researchers.
1. incorporated sustainable comfortable
2. segregated, high value, tight
3. insulated, quality, easy
4. prevented, valuable, hard
5. created, sustained, large
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Question 28 : Mother Nature doesn’t lend you even a ___________ of talent without expecting you to pay her back—with interest and gratitude. But here I am talking to someone who could _________ me! So, stand firm, Angelo—in my absence, you’ll stand in for me completely. Vienna’s criminals will be ___________ or pardoned based on what you feel and say.
1. excessive trust tried
2. smidgen, instruct, executed
3. pool, ask, released
4. spirit, accuse, hanged
5. None of these
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Question 29 : All things were as _________ in the temple as ever I had seen them. The windows of the room of that side, __________ occupied by my friend, were dark and still, and there was no lounger in Garden court. I walked past the fountain twice or thrice before I ___________ the steps that were between me and my rooms, but I was quite alone.
1. stoned, hurriedly, put
2. clean, mildly, accepted
3. broken, widely, envisaged
4. quiet, lately, descended
5. created, largely, took
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Question 30 : Many joggers and dog walkers in the park appeared __________, joining the overwhelming majority of residents battling on without masks. Children played cricketand men read newspapers in _________ so thick that the park's ancient Islamic monuments were __________ visible in the gloom.
1. unfazed, smog, barely
2. cleared, rain, largely
3. lazy, winter, vaguely
4. dazed, water, highly
5. low, summers, mildly
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