Question

The central bank has done the heavy lift in the last few months and monetary policy may well be nearing its limits in so far as its ability to influence growth prospects is concerned.

Q: Answer-The central bank has done the heavy lift in the last few months and monetary policy may well be near...

The correct phrase should be heavy lifting rather than heavy lift in this context. Heavy lifting refers to performing the difficult or labor-intensive work, while lift alone does not convey the intended meaning here. Thus, option 3 is incorrect.

In the following sentence given below, four words have been printed in bold which are numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these words may be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the wrongly spelt or inappropriate word. The number of that word is the answer. If all the words are correctly spelt and are appropriate, then, the answer is (5),
i.e., ‘All are correct’.

A monetary

B prospects

C lift

D nearing

E All are correct

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