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Question : 16

Higher oil price-led inflation will bring back into focus the high excise duties on petroleum products that have __________the Centre’s tax kitty over the past couple of years. Those duties were raised when prices were low to __________consumers from an upward price shock, the government had argued. Cutting those duties will upset _________calculations, but leaving them untouched will impose its own costs.

a) Raised, assault, profit

b) Aided, defend, expense

c) Advanced, annihilate, outlay

d) Hindered, guard, return

e) Boosted, protect, revenue

Question : 17

Its surprise result in Bihar where it _______ itself to regional players and ______ a windfall holds out a _________________.

a) begrimed, doubted , stencil

b) dirty, be surprised, stencil

c) sublimated , gained, template

d) polluted, be amazed, prototype

e) rewired, produced, cynosure.

Question : 18

In India, we have been in the process of encouraging FDI not only in the development sectors, but in retail segment as well in order to __________foreign funds with incidental advantages of technology transfer, job opportunities and __________to domestic firms and consumers. But since education is not a tradable commodity, the __________of FDI in the higher educational sector call for reflection.

a) Abate, favors, connotations

b) Enhance, benefits, implications

c) Increase, supports, exclude

d) Dwindle, avails, indications

e) Improve, detriments, significance

Question : 19

Many of the renowned off-shore universities are willing to invest in campuses abroad, and, in practice, it is hard to __________the standards of the home country in some other country. Other related problems are: returns from the investment made in _________ and running of campuses, non-repatriation of profits as mentioned, the regulatory mechanism of the host country in regard to the fee-structure, faculty salaries, curriculum to be offered, and issues _________to research and intellectual property rights etc.

a) Replicate, establishing, pertaining

b) Copy, nullify, applying

c) Concurring, determining, existing

d) Duplicate, annihilate, concerning

e) Avowal, setting up, associating

Question : 20

Mr. Trump could either fight back or make peace. Two days after Mr. Flynn’s resignation, he has signaled both. He attacked the intelligence agencies on Twitter on Wednesday, while the White House_________ that the promised détente with Russia was over. But Mr. Flynn has set in motion a process that is unlikely to be controlled by a seemingly __________ administration like Mr. Trump’s. With chaos engulfing his government, Mr. Trump will be forced to __________.

a) Imply, efficient, submit

b) Denoted, ability, acquiesces

c) Abrogated, ineptitude, comply

d) Indicated, incompetent, conform

e) Refute, Inadequacy, agree