English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · English · Cloze Test
Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been...
Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The key to removing corruption is transparency of political funding. That would end − first misuse of the state ____ A ____ by the politician to raise funds, second ____ B ____ in the services of civil servants and third ____ C ____ both accountability and integrity of the administration. So long as people need cash for bribes, they would withdraw cash and a transaction \cos t would not deter them.
Moreover, the RBI can pass on the potential savings from reduced cash handling to lower the \cos t of electronic transactions. So can the government. ____ D ____ from the RBI and the government, in tandem with competition to Visa and MasterCard from RuPay, should make digital payments ____ E ____ costless for merchants and consumers.
Options
- Adistrusting
- Bnegating
- Cundermining
- Doffending
Correct answer
C. undermining
Step-by-step solution
Usage of any of ‘distrusting’, ‘negating’, ‘offending’ and ‘sabotaging’ is not going well with the context. The options A, B, D and E hence can be eliminated.
‘Undermining’ which means ‘to lessen the power or effectiveness of’ fits the blank appropriately.
Option C is hence the correct answer.
‘Undermining’ which means ‘to lessen the power or effectiveness of’ fits the blank appropriately.
Option C is hence the correct answer.