Question

Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits (in the same order) the meaning of the sentence as whole.

Private sector lenders have also been found guilty of pushing troubled assets under the __________ until the RBI called _______ bluff.

A carpet, their Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B bush, there Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C bush, its Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D brush, their Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E wall, its Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

UNDER THE CARPET is an idiom meaning hiding on purpose. Thus, CARPET will be used in the first blank. In the second blank, PRIVATE SECTOR LENDERS are plural thus, THEIR will be used.

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