Question
Tepid (A) / timid (B) economic growth hasn’t helped,
and states have had to resort to higher market borrowings. The Centre has been short-changing States by relying on special levies (A) / lien (B) such as surcharges and cesses. The potential stress points are Pay Commission hikes and the boisterous (A) / bolster (B) clamour for ad hoc loan waivers. In each question, there are three sentences. Each has a pair of words that are italicised and highlighted. From the italicised and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.Solution
Tepid means warm timid means shy levies means taxes lien means right to hold someone’s else’s property boisterous means energetic bolster means to reinforce
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