1. The _________situation today is significantly better than it was in ______March.
a) bank, going
b) cash, after
c) liquid, starting
d) liquidity, early
e) cash, new
2. The joint statement leaves _________room to________ both interpretations.
a) enough, accommodate
b) big, get
c) enough, know
d) biggest, accommodate
e) smallest, fill
3. I don’t think policy makers ______unnecessarily. You don’t pick surprise ______part of your policy.
a) surprise, at
b) surprised, of a
c) surprising, in
d) surprised, along
e) surprise, as a
4. “It’s ridiculous. California ____the biggest state in the nation,” she _____.
a) was, say
b) is, said
c) will, told
d) a, said
e) now, knows
5. Communication is _____a big problem. We have seen English is not a big ________with new players.
a) not, barrier
b) nor, blunder
c) neither, blender
d) nor, roadblock
e) never, botch
6. USIBC chairman John Chambers _________that in less than two years, about 20 per cent of USIBC member companies ______already invested $28 billion in India.
a) issued, now
b) said, was
c) announced, have
d) knew, should
e) said, got
7. GRL is ________the most prestigious journals in the field of earth sciences and scientists _____ to publish in it.
a) one, go
b) among, vie
c) now, know
d) was, have
e) at, go
8. Clinton’s faithful also worried that the call might affect turnout in California, where the _________secretary of state ______victory to stifle Sanders’ momentum.
a) elder, have
b) forming, knows
c) elder, call on
d) former, seeks
e) huge, has
9. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who was recently __________to the Rajya Sabha, had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi _________ him not to extend Mr. Rajan’s term.
a) nominate, telling
b) issued, giving
c) given, showing
d) nominated, urging
e) sent, telling
10. Both these giants, in a rare ________, shared their thoughts even as the shutterbugs _______busy in the city here on Monday.
a) aversion, is
b) discussion, just
c) emission, were
d) collision, had
e) unison, got