Question
The wholesale price index- (WPI-) based inflation
entered deflationary territory in April, falling to 34-month low at ___ per cent from 1.34 per cent in March, due to a higher base effect and continuing contraction in prices of manufactured products.ÂSolution
The wholesale price index- (WPI-) based inflation entered deflationary territory in April, falling to 34-month low at -0.92 percent from 1.34 per cent in March, due to a higher base effect and continuing contraction in prices of manufactured products.Data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry showed prices for manufactured items (-2.42 per cent) contracted further in April from -0.77 per cent in March, led by a decelerated price rise in items such as beverages, tobacco, apparel, leather, pharmaceuticals, and cement.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
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In the following question, a sentence is given with the phrase or idiom highlighted in bold. Select the option given below that cannot replace the phra...
After all the media attention, the event turned out to be a damp squib and very few people attended it.
Lack of civic-mindedness or of patriotism
Put the cat among the pigeons
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The sheriff rounded up a posse and chased the bank robbers.
Pick yourself up
Down To The Wire
A government by the military class
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