English Quiz

Fill in the blanks that are numbered

This (1) balance of payment situation must be seen along with an equally (2) problem of deficits in the government's own budget. A growing (3) exists between the government's total (4) and the sum of its current revenue and capital receipts. This gap , which has to be met through either external assistance or (5) deficit finance, has grown over the years. The government (6) cannot resort to indefinitely growing volumes of external assistance of deficit finance to meet the increasing gap between its total (7) and total receipts.
(8) these conditions , there has been strong pressure on government to (9) various development programmes , welfare schemes and subsidies. Even if outlay in money terms are not actually cut, the (10 ) of these programmes may be reduced in real terms or their rate of expansion at least brought down.

Q1)-

expanding

increasing

yawning

widening

Ans.- B

Q2)-

ignored

posed

serious

understood

Ans.- C

Q3)-

disparity

bond

gap

awareness

Ans.- A

Q4)-

resources

budget

outlay

planning

Ans.- C

Q5)-

zero

planning

budget

domestic

Ans.- C

Q6)-

perhaps

probably

obviously

willingly

Ans.- C

Q7)-

outlay

services

resources

expenditure

Ans.- D

Q8)-

Taking

From

Under

Above

Ans.- C

Q9)-

curtail

stop

reject

promote

Ans.- A

Q10)-

services

outlay

effect

scope

Ans.- B