IBPS Clerk Course 2015: Main Practice Test 1 – English

a)/ Only domestic corporates and individuals b)/ needs take positions in commodity c)/ derivatives onshore, and only up to their explicit d)/ exposure to the underlying trade. e)/ No error

a)/The challenge will remain in warding off incipient b)/ inflationary pressures in the c)/ early stages of the implementation of the taxes, d)/ and enlightened politics is needed here. e)/ No error

It was apparent that a)/ she wanted to be seen b)/ as a champion of Tamil rights rather than c)/ the sterin opponent of terrorism that d)/ she was believed to be. e)/ No correction required

a)/ This is far from the vision that Mr. Modi had b)/ himself laid out at the start of his tenure, one c)/ where neighbours would try to meet without occasion, and engage to d)/ sort out bilataral issues, when possible. e)/ No correction required

Our housing society comprises (a)/ six block and thirty flats (b)/in an area of (c)/about thousand square meters (d)/ No Error (e)

Still remaining in the ancient castle (a)/are the Duke’s collection of early Dutch paintings (b)/which will be (c)/donated to a museum(d)/No Error (e)

Computer education (a)/in universities and colleges today(b)/leaves much (c)/to be desired(d)/No Error (e)

Everyone knows (a)/that the tiger (b)/ is faster (c)/ of all animals (d)/No Error (e)

When he (a)/ had got what (b)/ he wanted (c)/ he has gone home (d)/No Error (e)

/(a) During an hour-long meeting Naveen asked Mukesh (b)/ keeping in mind the power and position he holds (c)/ as a senior police officer and adviced him (d)/ to be careful in future so that such things do not recur. (e)/ No error

(a)/ The project was initiated in 2011 (b)/ and was to be funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund (c)/ with the aim of providing (d)/ broadband connectivity in over 2 Lakh gram panchayats. (e)/ No error

(a)/ A farmers body approached the National Green Tribunal (b)/ against the demolition drive on their farms (c)/ carried in by DDA in pursuance to the green panel’s ban (d)/ order on cultivation of edible crop on flood plains of the Yamuna. (e)/ No error

(a)/ The Delhi High Court sought the response of AIIMS forensic department head (b)/ who was alleged discrimination, after he claimed (c)/ to have refused to act unprofessionally (d)/ in the SunandaPushkar autopsy matter. (e)/ No error

(a)/ After receiving complaints, Gurgaon police informed (b)/ the District Town and country planning department, (c)/ which found out that the builder (d)/ had not even began construction. (e)/ No error

a)/ A well-functioning commodity futures b)/market not only improves price discovery c)/and risk management, but also d)/ sets the stage for spot market reforms. e)/ N error

Direction (16-20)
A. A competitive political environment, with Congress and AAP vying to capture space from the discredited SAD, portends that Punjab’s season of trouble is far from over.
B. The Shiromani Akali Dal has been under fire for its perceived cronyism, its monopoly of Sikh religious institutions, as well as for letting farm distress spiral out of control.

C. Top economists, who have been studying Punjab’s economy over the years, say that there is nothing wrong with using market loans for capital asset formation.
D. However, they fear that asset formation is declining in the state.
E. At a larger level Punjab’s grim economic situation, high levels of unemployment and unfulfilled expectations of its citizens are creating a flammable political situation.

Which of the following would be the SECOND statement after rearrangement?

Direction (16-20)
A. A competitive political environment, with Congress and AAP vying to capture space from the discredited SAD, portends that Punjab’s season of trouble is far from over.
B. The Shiromani Akali Dal has been under fire for its perceived cronyism, its monopoly of Sikh religious institutions, as well as for letting farm distress spiral out of control.

C. Top economists, who have been studying Punjab’s economy over the years, say that there is nothing wrong with using market loans for capital asset formation.
D. However, they fear that asset formation is declining in the state.
E. At a larger level Punjab’s grim economic situation, high levels of unemployment and unfulfilled expectations of its citizens are creating a flammable political situation.

Which of the following would be the FIFTH statement after rearrangement?

Direction (16-20)
A. A competitive political environment, with Congress and AAP vying to capture space from the discredited SAD, portends that Punjab’s season of trouble is far from over.
B. The Shiromani Akali Dal has been under fire for its perceived cronyism, its monopoly of Sikh religious institutions, as well as for letting farm distress spiral out of control.

C. Top economists, who have been studying Punjab’s economy over the years, say that there is nothing wrong with using market loans for capital asset formation.
D. However, they fear that asset formation is declining in the state.
E. At a larger level Punjab’s grim economic situation, high levels of unemployment and unfulfilled expectations of its citizens are creating a flammable political situation.

Which of the following would be the FIRST statement after rearrangement?

Direction (16-20)
A. A competitive political environment, with Congress and AAP vying to capture space from the discredited SAD, portends that Punjab’s season of trouble is far from over.
B. The Shiromani Akali Dal has been under fire for its perceived cronyism, its monopoly of Sikh religious institutions, as well as for letting farm distress spiral out of control.

C. Top economists, who have been studying Punjab’s economy over the years, say that there is nothing wrong with using market loans for capital asset formation.
D. However, they fear that asset formation is declining in the state.
E. At a larger level Punjab’s grim economic situation, high levels of unemployment and unfulfilled expectations of its citizens are creating a flammable political situation.

Which of the following would be the THIRD statement after rearrangement?

Direction (16-20)
A. A competitive political environment, with Congress and AAP vying to capture space from the discredited SAD, portends that Punjab’s season of trouble is far from over.
B. The Shiromani Akali Dal has been under fire for its perceived cronyism, its monopoly of Sikh religious institutions, as well as for letting farm distress spiral out of control.

C. Top economists, who have been studying Punjab’s economy over the years, say that there is nothing wrong with using market loans for capital asset formation.
D. However, they fear that asset formation is declining in the state.
E. At a larger level Punjab’s grim economic situation, high levels of unemployment and unfulfilled expectations of its citizens are creating a flammable political situation.

Which of the following would be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?

Direction(21-25)
A. In fact, he believed that customers are at the origin, the source of the money we have.
B. The customer thus has the power to fire everybody in the company from the chairman to the shop clerk.
C. Management can ensure this doesn’t happen by motivating employees to cultivate meaningful relationships with customer.
D. Sam Walton built his WalMart business empire knowing there was only one boss – the customer.
E. So it is not the company which pays us but the customer.
F. He can achieve this by simply spending his money elsewhere

Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

Direction(21-25)
A. In fact, he believed that customers are at the origin, the source of the money we have.
B. The customer thus has the power to fire everybody in the company from the chairman to the shop clerk.
C. Management can ensure this doesn’t happen by motivating employees to cultivate meaningful relationships with customer.
D. Sam Walton built his WalMart business empire knowing there was only one boss – the customer.
E. So it is not the company which pays us but the customer.
F. He can achieve this by simply spending his money elsewhere

Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

Direction(21-25)
A. In fact, he believed that customers are at the origin, the source of the money we have.
B. The customer thus has the power to fire everybody in the company from the chairman to the shop clerk.
C. Management can ensure this doesn’t happen by motivating employees to cultivate meaningful relationships with customer.
D. Sam Walton built his WalMart business empire knowing there was only one boss – the customer.
E. So it is not the company which pays us but the customer.
F. He can achieve this by simply spending his money elsewhere

Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

Direction(21-25)
A. In fact, he believed that customers are at the origin, the source of the money we have.
B. The customer thus has the power to fire everybody in the company from the chairman to the shop clerk.
C. Management can ensure this doesn’t happen by motivating employees to cultivate meaningful relationships with customer.
D. Sam Walton built his WalMart business empire knowing there was only one boss – the customer.
E. So it is not the company which pays us but the customer.
F. He can achieve this by simply spending his money elsewhere

Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

Direction(21-25)
A. In fact, he believed that customers are at the origin, the source of the money we have.
B. The customer thus has the power to fire everybody in the company from the chairman to the shop clerk.
C. Management can ensure this doesn’t happen by motivating employees to cultivate meaningful relationships with customer.
D. Sam Walton built his WalMart business empire knowing there was only one boss – the customer.
E. So it is not the company which pays us but the customer.
F. He can achieve this by simply spending his money elsewhere

Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?

I.The truck stopped ________.
II.We take a ________ walk every day.

I.I got the grains ________ in the machine.
II.I do not have any ________ for doubting him.

I.We were asked to design a ________ of the dam.
II.This Institute is a ________ of modern thinking.

I.Keep a ________ grip on the railing.
II.He was ________ asleep.

I.He asked me to ________ over the fence.
II.We should keep the valuables in the ________.

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

What are the challenges India faces over the next five years? Answer in the context of the passage.
A. Building the infrastructure for smart cities
B. Investing in enterprises
C. Regular availability of water and energy to all

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

What is the myth about the impact of ESG factors?

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

Which of the following statements is not correct in the context of the given passage?
A. Sustainable finance means channeling capital to India’s real economy needs.
B. Loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate.
C. There has been very little demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors.
D. Investing in enterprises will provide livelihood for additional ten million jobseekers each year.

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

What is the purpose of FICCI and UNEP forming an Indian advisory committee?

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

What will be needed for setting up Green Bond Development Committee for India? Answer in the context of passage
A. Guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international
development banks
B. Incentives to overcome residual investment risks
C. Tax incentives to encourage investment flows

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

What is the meaning of the expression ‘de facto’ as used in the given passage?

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Bottlenecks

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

Choose the word/group of words which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Potential

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Unprecedented

Directions (Questions.31-40): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Over the next five years, India faces one of the world’s biggest financing challenges: bringing clean, affordable, reliable, water and energy to all, building the infrastructure for smart cities to thrive and investing in enterprises that will provide livelihoods for an extra 10 million jobseekers each year. Through all of this and beyond, a sustainable financial system is both a necessity and an opportunity.

For too long, a myth has been allowed to take root in India that sustainability and finance are at odds – that taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors raises costs, reduces returns and impedes development. Actual practice suggests the reverse. The Small Industries Development Bank of India has found, for example, that loans to energy – efficient companies have a much better loan recovery rate than the norm. At IDFC, the business case for sustainable finance is real and multifaceted: reduced risk, increased market share, access to international finance, reduced reputational risks and enhanced brand value. Sustainable finance is fundamentally about channeling capital to India’s real econom needs. Take renewable. The fivefold increase in the country’s solar target to 100 GW of installed capacity by 2022 will require unprecedented volumes of investment, perhaps as much as $ 100 billion as per some estimates. Even though solar is approaching grid parity and offers attractive long-term cash flows with zero fuel risk, many obstacles remain, not lease off take risk. But bottlenecks in the financial system also exist. The inclusion of renewable in banks’ power sector exposure limits means that credit capacity is often capped out.

The time is ripe for India to move the needle on sustainable finance both domestically and internally. Together, Ficci and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry have formed an Indian advisory committee to generate practical policy options for a sustainable financial  system. Harnessing the positive power of financial innovation is key, and this includes mobilizing India’s debt and equity capital markets.

The demand for ‘green bonds’ among the world’s institutional investors is soaring – with $34 billion being issued this year itself. Certification of what is ‘green’ and awareness creation on the benefit from green bonds for individual investors are needed. A Green Bond Market Development Committee for India will soon be set up. On the equity side, the new Infrastructure Investment Trusts offer the potential to create India’s own ‘yield co’ segment of low-risk income-bearing clean energy securities.

Incentives will also be needed to overcome residual investment risks. But subsidies cannot be the basis for sustainable finance in India. Key instruments could include guarantee and credit enhancement mechanisms from national and international development banks to ‘crowd in’ private capital to, for instance, underpin payments to energy service companies, unlocking the crucial efficiency market in India. Tax incentives could also be used to encourage investment flows – already used for the country’s de facto ‘green bond’ leader, the Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

Choose the word/group of words which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Myth

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Which year did PMI record the biggest one-month fall since 2008?

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Which of the following explains the phrase, as used in the passage, “it was not done yet”?

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Which of the following is the prediction of economists about RBI’s rate hike cycle, as per the passage?

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Which of the following is not true about PMI data in India?

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Which of the following is indicated as one of the reasons for the fall in PMI?

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Which of the following is correct in the context of the passage?

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Choose the word(s) which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word printed in bold, as used in the passage.
yields

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Choose the word(s) which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word printed in bold, as used in the passage.
tame

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Choose the word(s) which is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold, as used in the passage
reinforcing

Directions (Questions.41-50): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

India’s manufacturing growth fell to its lowest in more than two years in September 2011, reinforcing fears that an extended period of high policy rates is hurting growth, according to a closely vatched index.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), based on a survey of over 500 companies, fell to 50.4 from 52.6 in August and 53.6 in July. It was the lowest since March 2009, when the reading was below 50, indicating contraction. September’s index also recorded the biggest onemonth fall since November 2008.

The sub-index for new orders, which reflects future output, declined for the sixth successive month, while export orders fell for a third month on the back of weakness in global economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week indicated it was not done yet with monetary policy tightening as inflation was still high. The bank has already raised rates 12 times since March 2010 to tame inflation, which is at a 13-month high of 9.78%.

Economists expect the RBI to raise rates one more time but warn that targeted growth will be hard to achieve if the slump continues. “This (fall in PMI) was driven by weaker orders, with export orders still contracting due to the weaker global economic conditions,” HSBC said in a press release quoting its chief economist for India & ASEAN.

PMI is considered a fairly good indicator of manufacturing activity the world over, but in the case of India, the large contribution of the unorganised sector yields a low correlation with industrial growth.

However, the Index for Industrial Production (IIP) has been showing a weakening trend, having slipped to a 21-month low of 3.3% in July. The core sector, which consists of eight infrastructure industries and has a combined weight of 37.9% in the IIP, also grew at only 3.5% in August.

The PMI data is in line with the suffering manufacturing activity in India as per other estimates. Producers are seeing that demand conditions are softening and the outlook is uncertain, therefore they are producing less.

Employment in the manufacturing sector declined for the second consecutive month, indicating it too was under pressure. This could be attributed to lower requirement of staff and rise in resignations as higher wage requests go unfulfilled, the HSBC statement said. On the inflation front, input prices rose at an 11-month low rate, but despite signs of softening, they still remain at historically high levels.

While decelerating slightly, the readings for input and output prices suggest that inflation pressures remain firmly in place.
Most economists feel the RBI is close to the end of its rate hike cycle. Even the weekly Wholesale Price Index (WPI) estimates have started showing signs of  softening, having fallen more than one percentage point.

Choose the word(s) which is most opposite in meaning of the word printed in bold, as used in the passage
slump

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

51).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

52).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

53).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

54).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

55).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

56).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

57).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

58).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

59).

Directions (51-60): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Confidence in the global economy is (51) improving, as evidenced by the bullish behavior of financial markets and by increasingly positive comments from companies and policy markers over the past few weeks. While economists have generally argued in (52) of a robust recovery, both in the world economy and in financial markets, it is when investors get (53) bullish that the pessimistic case deserves more (54). Many of them believe that the current improvement in global conditions is just a blip and that the world faces years, if not decades, of “secular stagnation”. How (55) should we take these foreboding statements?
The good news is that there is not much (56) of secular stagnation in global statistics. For the world economy as a whole, “new normal” since 2008 has not, in fact, been very (57) from the pre-crisis period. The average growth of the global economy, from 1988 to 2007, was 3.6 per cent according to the IMF’s Economic Outlook database. Its latest forecast for this year is the same-3.6 per cent-although the IMF Managing Director hinted at a modest (58) this week.
At first sight, this continuity from the pre-crisis decades seems. (59) to square with the slowdown in economic activity in all major economies since 2008. The IMF expects only 2.2 per cent growth this year in developed countries compared with an average of 2.8 per cent during the two decades before the crisis. In the emerging economies, meanwhile, growth is (60) at 4.8 per cent this year, slightly below the 4.9 per cent of the pre-crisis decades.

60).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

61).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

62).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

63).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

64).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

65).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

66).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

67).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

68).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

69).

Directions (61-70): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.

Jamshedji Tata is (61) to be the path-finder of modern industrial builders. He is known as the grand-father of the Indian industry for his acumen and enthusiasm. Nobody else could have (62) of the new industries started by Jamshedji at the time when industrial (63) and revolution was yet to come to India.
Jamshedji’s father Nasarvanji Tata used to trade in jute with China and Britain. He started (64) from Indian. Jamshedji started a cloth mill in Nagpur more than hundred years age. At that time almost all the (65) used to come from Lancashire in England. What Jamshedji (66) was praise worthy.
Jamshedji (67) very well that an industrial revolution can only be brought in the country by setting up iron and steel industry. (68) he did not live to see the industry he had in mind, he had done all (69) work. In fact, he laid the ground work for it. He had planned the entire steel city now known as Jamshedpur, complete with streets, roads, schools, parks, play ground, temples, mosques, churches, etc. His (70) was fulfilled by his sons, Sir Dorabji tata and Sir Rattan Tata, when they started the Tata Iron & Steel Factory in 1907 just after years of his death.

70).

One of the most ___________ social reforms of the Jacobin regime was the __________ of slavery in the French colonies.

The previous constitution of Nepal, which had been adopted in 1990, ____________ the fact that the final authority ___________ with the king.

Drama had its earliest beginnings in the corporate life of the village, the ________ form of settlement that took ________ in England

In the year 1605 the famous Gunpowder plot was __________ as a protest against the sharp ___________ of the anti-Catholic laws of King James I.

The fear of a ____________ epidemic, especially if the water-logged areas are not cleared soon, ___________ at government and private doctors alike.