IBPS Clerk 2017 Mains

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1. Question

Reserve Bank of India, for one, suggests that India is still far away from solving the troubles ___________ its banks and large business corporations.
1.  inelastic

2.  instrumental

3.  accumulate

4.  stiff

5.  ailing

Answer: 5)
Explanation: ailing – in poor health.

2. Question

The bad loans problem has also not spared private sector banks – these lenders have seen their asset quality___________ at a faster pace than public sector banks.
1.  inflexible

2.  advantageous

3.  neglect

4.  deteriorate

5.  gather

Answer: 4)
Explanation: deteriorate – become progressively worse.

3. Question

The resolution of bankruptcy cases, particularly against large borrowers that contribute a major share of bank NPAs, under the new ___________ and Bankruptcy Code should help bring the NPA situation under some control.
1.  propitious

2.  convenient

3.  Insolvency

4.  encourage

5.  taut

Answer: 3)
Explanation: Insolvency – the state of being insolvent

4. Question

In this regard, the government will do well to consider the recent advice of the International Monetary Fund to reduce its ownership stake in banks and give greater powers to the RBI to regulate public sector banks ___________.
1.  assured

2.  efficiently

3.  constantly

4.  binding

5.  compulsory

Answer: 2)
Explanation: efficiently – in a way that achieves maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

5. Question

The U.S. only recently___________ its intention to uphold the international rules-based order in its National Security Strategy document.
1.  destined

2.  asserted

3.  decreed

4.  routinely

5.  recurrently

Answer: 2)
Explanation: asserted – state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.

6. Question

By voting for the resolution, India has___________ its traditional policy in favour of a negotiated settlement for Jerusalem as part of a larger two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
1.  doomed

2.  fated

3.  assist

4.  affirmed

5.  customarily 

Answer: 4)
Explanation: affirmed – state emphatically or publicly.

7. Question

In choosing to vote for the resolution at the UNGA, India has shown a clarity of purpose that also aligns with the broad global ___________.
1.  foreordained

2.  consensus

3.  habitually

4.  encouraging

5.  sophistry

Answer: 2)
Explanation: consensus – a general agreement.

8. Question

The big problem ___________ clinical research is an over-representation of low-income groups among trial subjects.

1.  imminent

2.  opportune

3.  plaguing

4.  casuistry

5.  impending

Answer: 3)
Explanation: plaguing – cause continual trouble or distress to.

9. Question

Such over-volunteering occurs more___________ in bioequivalence studies, which test the metabolism of generics in healthy subjects.

1.  ineludible

2.  frequently

3.  valuable

4.  equivocation

5.  compromise

Answer: 2)

Explanation: frequently – regularly or habitually; often.

10. Question

Another option is to pay volunteers less, taking away the financial incentive to ___________ their participation history.

1.  regularly

2.  often

3.  repeatedly

4.  irresistible

5.  fudge

Answer: 5)
Explanation: fudge – a soft crumbly or chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.