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The arrests by the Central Bureau of Investigation of former IDBI officials are (1) noting for timing, intent and implications. The agency is investigating these officials, who had been at the helm of the public sector bank’s affairs eight years ago, on charges of facilitating a ₹900-crore loan to the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines without due (2) . Two days after the arrests, a list that included former IDBI Chairman Yogesh Aggarwal, the Securities Exchange Board of India barred Kingfisher promoter Vijay Mallya and senior officials of group firm United Spirits Ltd. from securities dealings, and (3) from holding directorial positions in listed companies. Mr. Mallya owes banks close to ₹9,000 crore and has been in exile in the U.K. for nearly a year, even as his lenders have (4) recover their dues, with little success. Last week, after a three-year-long trial, the Debt Recovery Tribunal allowed a (5) 17 banks to recover from Mr. Mallya and his companies outstanding dues of ₹6,200-odd crore plus interest related to the airline’s operations. For the Central government, Mr. Mallya’s flight to London has been a source of much embarrassment, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley terming the bad loans a legacy from the UPA days.
Amidst the rising pile of non-performing assets in government-owned banks, wilful defaulters were said to be responsible for around ₹77,000 crore of bad debts by last July, but the Kingfisher baron has emerged as the poster boy of the problem. Therefore the (6) action on his bad loans, however belated, could help counter (7) a passive approach towards the well-heeled. Breaking the banker-borrower (8) is just as critical for safeguarding public money as is acting against corrupt administrators, but a timely and transparent system is needed to ensure that bankers don’t turn wary of extending credit at the slightest hint of risk. The fear of investigative agencies and (9) audit reports was blamed for the so-called policy paralysis in the UPA’s second term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, early in his term, urged officers to take bold decisions without fear (10) and promised to stand by them for decisions taken in good earnest.
- 1) effectualness
2) efficaciousness
3) worth
4) cogency
5) efficacyAnswer – 3)
Explanation : worth - 1) inactivity
2) neglect
3) lethargy
4) diligence
5) indifferenceAnswer – 4)
Explanation : diligence - 1) assured them
2) extroverted those
3) restrained them
4) outgoing its
5) confident themAnswer – 3)
Explanation : restrained them - 1) trim on
2) things in
3) neat for
4) systematized of
5) scrambled toAnswer – 5)
Explanation : scrambled to - 1) severance to
2) consortium of
3) dissolution for
4) separation of
5) disunion toAnswer – 2)
Explanation : consortium of - 1) clammed up
2) flurry of
3) secretive for
4) reticent to
5) taciturn inAnswer – 2)
Explanation : flurry of - 1) inability for
2) perceptions of
3) denseness to
4) obtuseness of
5) stupidity toAnswer – 2)
Explanation : perceptions of - 1) impediment
2) nexus
3) disuniting
4) abeyancy
5) doldrumsAnswer – 2)
Explanation : nexus - 1) adverse
2) lifeboat
3) forbearance
4) vindication
5) exonerationAnswer – 1)
Explanation : adverse - 1) to absolution
2) of acquittal
3) for exculpation
4) to indulgence
5) of retributionAnswer – 5)
Explanation : of retribution
