Direction (1 – 5): The following passage contains five blanks.
For each blank five options are given, from which one word will suitability fit
the blank to satisfy the meaning of the passage. Marks this options as your
answer.
When the IMF provides financing to a
member country, a safeguards assessment is carried out to (1)______ reasonable
assurances that the country’s central bank is able to adequately (2)_________
the resources received from the IMF and provide reliable monetary data on the
IMF-supported program. Safeguards assessments are diagnostic reviews of central
banks’ governance and control frameworks, and complement the IMF’s other
safeguards, which include limits on access, conditionality, program design,
measures to (3)________ misreporting, and post program monitoring. They (4)________
an evaluation of central bank operations in five areas: the external audit
mechanism, the legal structure and autonomy, the financial reporting framework,
the internal audit mechanism, and the system of internal controls.
1.
a) justify b) obtain c) predict d) highlight e)
resonate
2. a)
limit b) diagnose c) manage d)
advocate e) request
3. a)
habitat b) react c) address d)
concentrate e) favour
4. a)
realise b) reject c) involve d)
reprehend e) argue
5. a)
involved b) under c) interested d) subject e)
issue
Directions (6 – 10): In the question below two blanks are
given. You have to fill the blank with the words given in the option to form a
meaningful sentence.
6. To ______deeper into space, a group of scientist recently
______a futuristic plan to turn the Sun into a telescope.
a) exhibit, supported
b) analyse, proposed
c) peer, unveiled
d) find, hidden
e) propose, planned
7. The BBC
team was on site to _____ volcanic activity at Etna, which has been _______ ash
plumes and lava in recent weeks.
a) visible, laying
b) catch, jolting
c) perceive, puking
d) observe, spewing
e) inspect, conforming
8. Though
many people experience_______ , few ever understand what it is like to truly
be_______ .
a) famine, generous
b) hunger, famished
c) victory, cruel
d) dizziness, powerful
e) cruelty, heavenly
9. Children
sometimes ______ from low self-esteem when their parents constantly _______
their mistakes.
a) suffer, accentuate
b) deny, focus
c) hurt, follow
d) surrender, highlight
e) concede, publish
10. Sumit’s
_______ gambling has started to ______ upon his ability to pay bills.
a) habitual, reduce
b) enjoying, affect
c) steep, habituate
d) excessive, impinge
e) limitless, adjacent
Answers:
1. B) 2. C)
3. C) 4. C) 5. D)
6. C) 7. D) 8. B)
9. A) 10. D)
