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- 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, obscureAnswer – 1)
Explanation: provisions – the action of providing or supplying something for use.
specific – clearly defined or identified. - 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, uncertainAnswer – 3)
Explanation: oversight – an unintentional failure to notice or do something.
approval – the action of approving something. - 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, intoleranceAnswer – 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. - 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, persistingAnswer – 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. - 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, superficialAnswer – 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). - 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, harborAnswer – 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. - 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, extraditionAnswer – 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. - 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, playgoerAnswer – 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. - 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, quietudeAnswer – 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. - 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, onlookerAnswer – 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.
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