Questions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

We now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

_____________ Central government expenditures

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The primary objective of a socialist government is to __________ the miseries of the poor.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously

___________ is a condition in which there is a deficiency of red cells or of haemoglobin in the blood.

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Fourteen kilometres ______ not a short distance, to reach to my office daily.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

When something moves in a straight line.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Get on the nerves

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The detective's ability to ________ makes it easy for him to scare suspects into confessing.