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  1. An ordinance to amend the Banking Regulation Act of 1949 has been issued to quell doubts whether the existing___________ allowed the RBI to direct banks to deal with__________ stressed assets.
    1) provisions, specific
    2) disdain, nebulous
    3) overlook, shadowy
    4) ambiguous, perplexing
    5) blurred, obscure
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: provisions – the action of providing or supplying something for use.
    specific – clearly defined or identified.

  2. The hope is that this will let bankers take decisive calls on loan accounts that have turned bad, as an independent ___________committee’s ___________ could keep investigative agencies off their backs.
    1) oblivious, refusal
    2) discount, remembrance
    3) oversight, approval
    4) scorn, shut
    5) tenebrous, uncertain
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: oversight – an unintentional failure to notice or do something.
    approval – the action of approving something.

  3. Their paralysis on the NPA front, with its ___________ impact being the worst bank credit growth recorded in decades, is driven by the fear that they could get themselves ___________ for poor lending and monitoring decisions.
    1) misunderstood, muddy
    2) equivocal, faint
    3) camouflage, cloak
    4) collateral, implicated
    5) ephemeral, intolerance
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: collateral – something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.
    implicated – show (someone) to be involved in a crime.

  4. This is a clear signal that the NDA government is losing its ___________ with bankers ___________ with a status quoist approach.
    1) fleeting, transient
    2) principal, adumbrate
    3) curtain, disguise
    4) amphibological, bewildering
    5) patience, persisting
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: patience – the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
    persisting – continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

  5. The government cannot in the same breath argue that the political cost of reforms is ___________, but that the ‘re-privatisation’ of banks as___________ by the RBI recently is still a holy cow for the Indian polity.
    1) amorphous, bleary
    2) puzzling, ensconce
    3) dissipating, mooted
    4) opposition, rejection
    5) questionable, superficial
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: dissipating – (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.
    mooted – raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility).

  6. The message is equally strong to South Asia’s other ___________, China, at a time when it is preparing to ___________ its global clout at the Belt and Road Forum on May 14-15.
    1) success, disapproval
    2) benefactor, demonstrate
    3) agitation, frustration
    4) blink, brush off
    5) underground, harbor
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: benefactor – a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause.
    demonstrate – clearly show the existence or truth of (something) by giving proof or evidence.

  7. In recent times there is a fresh note of urgency attached to the need for early ___________, as the country has pending requests for the ___________ of its nationals from other countries.
    1) dissemble, attention
    2) imprecise, indefinite
    3) cloudy, dark
    4) reasonable, indistinct
    5) ratification, extradition
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: ratification – the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
    extradition – the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.

  8. As pointed out by the Supreme Court, the absence of a stand-alone law __________ torture may prevent many countries from agreeing to India’s ___________ requests.
    1) omit, overpass
    2) kibitzer, looker
    3) prohibiting, extradition
    4) clapper, eyewitness
    5) perceiver, playgoer
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: prohibiting – formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.
    extradition – the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.

  9. It cannot be forgotten that an ___________ request relating to Purulia arms drop case suspect Kim Davy failed owing to the ___________ that he may be ill-treated in India.
    1) dissension, gazer
    2) antagonist, dissent
    3) standee, defiance
    4) extradition, apprehension
    5) generalized, quietude
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: extradition – the action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.
    apprehension – anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

  10. Yet it is a sign of the crisis of ____________ politics that this ____________ weakness became his greatest strength in a tumultuous campaign marked by sharp divisions in French society.
    1) beholder, bystander
    2) mainstream, apparent
    3) comfort, content
    4) calmness, contentment
    5) observer, onlooker
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: mainstream – the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional.
    apparent – clearly visible or understood; obvious.