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English Language - 16.05.2016

Mahendra Guru
English Language - 16.05.2016
Q.1-15. In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
                  India is a country in which retail inflation continues to be high and unpopular. It is a country that has taken to the online world with great speed; younger consumers are comfortable (1) time and money online, and their numbers are only growing. It is a country with challenging distances and with many differing levels of availability for (2). All these things put together suggest that there is both extraordinary demand and a social need for more online shopping, not less. Organized e-commerce will not only lead to an increase in consumer surplus and satisfaction, but will also help (3) India's problematic supply chains. And it would provide that little kick to demand that no country enduring a slowdown can (4) to ignore. And yet India's government has been persistently (5) to creating an environment in which e-commerce can grow of its own accord. It is worth noting that this sector asks for no great subsidies from the government, nor sops or concessions or tax holidays. Instead, what it wants, simply, is to be freed of government restrictions and harassment. Yet the government is determined to harass it. It was reported last week that one of India's big four online retailers, Myntra, will be investigated by the Enforcement Directorate for possible violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Its rival, Flipkart, is already being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. The government's (6) is that e-commerce companies are taking money that has been invested by foreigners into their business-to-business operations - which is legal - and using it partly for their business-to-consumer operations - which is not. This is, of course, a (7) distinction that seems to have been introduced merely to protect domestic bricks-and-mortar retailers - particularly the big organized retail chains, which are already facing hard times and are (8)of the threat that online retail poses.
                  The government must recognize that it cannot introduce (9) policy and regulatory uncertainty into a sunrise sector and expect it to grow nevertheless. Nor is it acceptable for it to protect entrenched interests at the cost of consumer (10) and the battle against inflation. While the outgoing government may have staked its (11) on the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, it nevertheless carved out too many exceptions. One such was for e-commerce. The putative reason was to retain states' rights in allowing FDI on their territory. But e-commerce uses the postal system or courier system, and must logically be regulated nationally, not regionally. This was a backward step that needed to be (12) a long time ago. Instead, the government has doubled down on these absurd, artificial distinctions, and chosen to go after successful Indian companies that are trying to carve out a niche for themselves in this competitive and challenging sector. It is hard enough to make a profit in e-commerce without having to deal with (13) paperwork, legal fees and the constant threat of harassment by revenue officials. The four major companies - Myntra, Flipkart, Jabong and Snapdeal, along with the new (14) Amazon India - have been forced into tortuous "marketplace" business models in which the great savings inherent in a unitary inventory and supply chain are (15) to consumers. This state of affairs must end.
Q.1.     (1) applying            (2) evading            (3) draining           (4) spending      (5) liquidating
Q.2.     (1) supplies            (2) shipments        (3) orders              (4) creativity      (5) products
Q.3.     (1) strike                 (2) fix                    (3) corner              (4) dilemma       (5) produce
Q.4.     (1) afford                (2) terminate          (3) stand               (4) support        (5) convenient
Q.5.     (1) sympathetic       (2) allergic             (3) averse             (4) hostile          (5) sluggish
Q.6.     (1) flattery               (2) arrangement     (3) disturbance      (4) accusation    (5) motive
Q.7.     (1) hesitant             (2) debatable         (3) questioned       (4) certain          (5) absolute
Q.8.     (1) petrified             (2) timid                (3) excited            (4) justified        (5) terrified
Q.9.     (1) poor                  (2) smart               (3) prior                (4) advance       (5) declare
Q.10.   (1) luck                   (2) progress          (3) welfare             (4) timed           (5) euphoria
Q.11.   (1) formation           (2) survival            (3) retaliation         (4) continued     (5) reformation
Q.12.   (1) liberated            (2) entertained       (3) energized         (4) reversed       (5) preserved
Q.13.   (1) focused             (2) needful             (3) excessive        (4) dramatize     (5) limited
Q.14.   (1) level                  (2) entrant              (3) convert            (4) compete       (5) existence
Q.15.    (1) credited            (2) curbed              (3) decided         (4) denied        (5) raised

ANSWERS
Q.1.(4)      Spending
                For other options:
                Evading (v)- moving away
                Draining (v)- reducing to
                Liquidating (v)- converting into money
Q.2.(5)      Products
Q.3.(2)      Fix
                For other options:
                Dilemma (n)- a puzzling situation
Q.4.(1)      Afford
                For other options:
                Terminate (v)- end
Q.5.(3)      Averse
                For other options:
                Allergic (adj)- not suiting                   
                Hostile  (adj)- adverse
                Sluggish
Q.6.(4)      Accusation
                For other options:
                Flattery (n)-false praise
Q.7.(2)      Debatable
                For other options:
                Hesitant (adj)- reluctant
                Absolute (adj)- complete
Q.8.(5)      Terrified
                For other options:
                Petrified (adj)- turned into stone
                Timid (adj)- shy
Q.9.(1)      Poor
Q.10.(3)    Welfare
                For other options:
                Euphoria (n)- passion
Q.11.(2)    Survival
                For other options:
                Retaliation (n)- counter action
                Reformation (n)- betterment
Q.12.(4)    Reversed
                For other options:
                Liberated (v)- freed
                Energized (v)- made active
Q.13.(3)    Excessive
                For other options:
                Dramatize (v)- made dramatic
Q.14.(2)    Entrant
                For other options:
                Convert (v)- change
Q.15.(4)    Denied
                For other options:

            Curbed (v)- controlled



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