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Question : 31

Analysis of all the benefits and costs shows that focusing on the top 19 targets _____________ the Copenhagen Consensus Centre would achieve four times more than if we sprayed all the development spending around 169 targets. In other words, _____________ would have the same effect as quadrupling the entire budget. Even here on the floor of the United Nations, I find that global leaders, ambassadors, and those who work in development agree that the targets _____________ severely pruned. They just all want their targets. But _____________ of making this a game of who got the most of their targets into the final declaration, it should be all about getting the most effective targets in there.

a) identify by - prioritising - should have been - instead

b) identified by – prior to - should have been - instead

c) identified by - prioritising - should have - instead

d) identified by - prioritising - should have been - instead

e) identified by - prioritising - should have been – along with

Question : 32

India is now at that crucial stage where inflation is falling, growth has slowed down _____________ and more interest rate cuts are _____________. However, the timing of these rate cuts is a bit _____________ as the inflation trajectory is still not very clear. One has to remember that India has witnessed continuously high inflation over the last 7 years and, therefore, the central bank would likely to wait for concrete proof that inflationary expectations have been broken before cutting rates _____________.

a) significant - expected - uncertain - further

b) significantly - expect - uncertain - further

c) significantly - expected - uncertain - further

d) significantly - expected - uncertainly - further

e) significantly - expected - uncertain - farther

Question : 33

Think of the times when you felt vulnerable, miserable and _____________. What did you desire the most in that situation? A kin offering you few thousands of dollars to rebuilt your life, sans the emotions? _____________ that kind of support suffice? Or did you seek a dear one offering you a shoulder _____________, have him wipe off your tears, have him hold your hand assuringly and tell you- All will be OK! I find solace in words of kindness, I feel reassured with a warm hug, I feel consoled with a gesture that _____________ a sense of belonging. And I need all this even if I am behind the eight ball.

a) Hoping for – Would be - to lean on - conveys

b) Hoping for – Would be - to lean on - conveys

c) hopeless - Would - to lean on - conveys

d) hopeless - Would - to lay around - deliver

e) hopeless - Would - to lay around - deliver

Question : 34

Now, conventional western wisdom holds that by raising or lowering interest rates, central banks can curb or _____________ inflation. Apart from the immediate impact of rate changes, central bankers supposedly _____________ the power to anchor future inflationary expectations by signalling the future course of interest rates. _____________, some economists believe that the central bank _____________ only one aim: to target inflation, and not get distracted by other tasks like influencing GDP growth or exports.

a) encourage - have - Indeed - should have

b) grow – have been - Indeed - should have

c) grow – have been - Indeed - should have

d) encourage - have - although – would have been

e) encourage - have - although – would have been

Question : 35

It has been argued that right to be forgotten strengthens privacy and _____________ granted when the public interest test is satisfied. But acknowledgement of the right would indicate that search engines could adjudicate what constitutes public interest. An _____________ could be found in the sensitive data-protection rules under the Information Technology Act. This _____________ entail that if the right to be forgotten is formally recognised, it should _____________ to the extent of removal of sensitive personal data, and nothing else.

a) Would have been - option - would - only be allowed

b) Would have been - option - would - only be allowed

c) should be - alternative – would be - only allow

d) should be - alternative - would - only be allowed

e) should be - alternative - would be - only allow