This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 1 June 2025, the same 30 questions the app served that day, on the day's vocabulary and editorial. One mark for a right answer, minus 0.25 for a wrong one; the explanation opens as soon as you tap.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Fragmented
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Explore
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Rapidly
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Perceived
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Stringent
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Implications
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Sweeping
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Revoked
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Break or cause to break into fragments.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Wide in range or effect.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Inspiring respect and admiration
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
The letter has already ____ It must have reached by now.
Explanation: Sentence is in present perfect tense. <br> Rule : <br> Subject + have/has + been + V3 + other agents. <br> The letter has already been sent. It must have reached by now.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
One who hates woman is called ____
Explanation: Misogynist -- a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Mayank ____ overtime for the last two weeks.
Explanation: Present perfect continuous tense is used when a work is being continued for some time from the past. has been working is the most suitable option.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
None of this hanky-panky; please talk straight.
Explanation: hanky-panky: questionable or underhanded activity.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
It is clear that the ideas of both reformers ran in the same groove.
Explanation: ran in the same groove: advanced in harmony.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
There was opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the Government.
Explanation: the rank and file: the ordinary members of an organization as opposed to its leaders.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the correct spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the correct spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the correct spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the correct spelling.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
Although the theory of continental drift was not widely (a)/ accepted until the mid-twentieth century, (b)/ the basic concept has been described as early as 1620. (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: had been
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
In the diagnosis of psychiatric ailments, it is essential (a)/ that the practioner approach each subject without prejudgments (b)/ as relates to the nature or cause of the disorder. (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: prejudgments about the nature
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
Contrary to popular belief, during the Middle Ages, literary works (a)/ on secular topics were probably as numerous, (b)/ if not more numerous than, theological and devotional writings. (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: as numerous as
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Financial markets don't much like uncertainty. Thanks to Italy's politicians, in recent days they have had plenty. By May 30th some calm had returned: it seemed possible that a pair of populist parties, the Five Star Movement and the Northern League, would form a government after all. Markets had been in turmoil for two days, unsettled by a farcical back-and-forth between the populists and the country's president, who had rejected the parties' choice of a Eurosceptic economist as finance minister. The politicians may have done the markets a service, by shaking them out of complacency. Investors may have returned the favour, by shaking some sense into the politicians-at least for now. <br><br> Paragraph 2: Italy is perennially slow-growing and groans under public debt of around $2.7trn, or132% of GDP. The drama reawakened dormant worries about those two problems-and the deeper fear that the euro zone's third-biggest member might be sneaking towards the exit. So the yield on Italian twoyear bonds, negative as recently as May 15th, leapt to almost 1% on May 28th. It carried on climbing the next day, touching 2.73%, the highest since 2013, before retreating. Ten-year yields also rose, if less spectacularly. Yields on German Bunds, Europe's safest government bonds, declined. <br><br> Paragraph 3: Share prices tumbled. Banks in Italy, holders of €600bn of government bonds, were hit hardest. UniCredit, the country's biggest, fell by 9.2% and Intesa Sanpaolo, the number two, lost 7.2% on May 28th and 29th. Other European banks' shares were also roughed up. The worries rippled across the Atlantic. The S&P 500 index slipped by 1.2% on May 29th, with banks again leading the way down. The yield on ten-year Treasury bonds fell from 2.93% to 2.77%, the biggest drop since the day after Britons voted for Brexit in June 2016. So far, this adds up to a nasty bout of the jitters rather than fullblown panic. Italy's two-year bond yield is far below the 7.6% it hit in November 2011, at the depths of the euro zone's previous crisis. The effect on the euro area's other problem members has been limited-even though yields in Greece, Portugal and Spain, where the prime minister faces a confidence vote on June 1st, reached their highest this year on May 29th. <br><br> Paragraph 4: Foreigners are also unlikely to have suffered much direct harm from the fall in bond prices (the corollary of rising yields). Nor has the run-up in yields yet threatened the sustainability of Italy's debt. On May 30th Italy sold a total of €5.6bn-worth of five-, seven- and ten-year bonds at yields of 2.32%, 2% and 3% respectively. Granted, that is dearer than in the recent past, but it is well below the average coupon of 3.4% on its existing stock of debt. And the longish average maturity of its bonds, around seven years, gives it breathing space. Alberto Gallo of Algebris, an investment firm, estimates that yields would have to be at least 4-4.5% for several months before higher coupon payments would make debt unsupportable. That is not unimaginable, but is some way off. <br><br> Paragraph 5: One reason for that is the backing of the European Central Bank. Under its quantitativeeasing programme, which has held down borrowing costs across the euro area, the ECB has bought €340 bn worth of Italian bonds; it holds around a sixth of the stock. In effect, it has been a willing buyer as foreigners have quit. Yet none of this means that markets could not turn against Italy with greater violence-if, say, a populist government undid recent reforms, opened the fiscal taps or picked a fight with bureaucrats in Brussels or Frankfurt. Although the biggest banks are now in decent health (or getting there), they own lots of government bonds. One bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is still in intensive care. The bad-loan burden, though reduced, remains heavy. Departure from the euro area would be unthinkably costly-for both Italy and the zone. Just like when Argentina abandoned dollar parity at the start of 2002, the value of Italians' bank deposits would plunge. Italy is not Greece, in that it is in far better shape. But it is not Greece, too, in that it is much, much bigger. In 2012 Mario Draghi, the ECB's president, quelled the crisis that looked likely to destroy the currency club by saying that the ECB would do 'whatever it takes to preserve the euro'.
Which of the following is/are synonyms of farcical? <br> I. Skeptical<br> II. Preposterous<br> III. Ludicrous<br> IV. Perplexed
Explanation: Farcical: relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects. <br> Eg: He considered the whole idea farcical. <br> Synonyms: Preposterous and Ludicrous. <br> Skeptical and perplexed both mean puzzled. <br> Hence, option B is correct.
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Financial markets don't much like uncertainty. Thanks to Italy's politicians, in recent days they have had plenty. By May 30th some calm had returned: it seemed possible that a pair of populist parties, the Five Star Movement and the Northern League, would form a government after all. Markets had been in turmoil for two days, unsettled by a farcical back-and-forth between the populists and the country's president, who had rejected the parties' choice of a Eurosceptic economist as finance minister. The politicians may have done the markets a service, by shaking them out of complacency. Investors may have returned the favour, by shaking some sense into the politicians-at least for now. <br><br> Paragraph 2: Italy is perennially slow-growing and groans under public debt of around $2.7trn, or132% of GDP. The drama reawakened dormant worries about those two problems-and the deeper fear that the euro zone's third-biggest member might be sneaking towards the exit. So the yield on Italian twoyear bonds, negative as recently as May 15th, leapt to almost 1% on May 28th. It carried on climbing the next day, touching 2.73%, the highest since 2013, before retreating. Ten-year yields also rose, if less spectacularly. Yields on German Bunds, Europe's safest government bonds, declined. <br><br> Paragraph 3: Share prices tumbled. Banks in Italy, holders of €600bn of government bonds, were hit hardest. UniCredit, the country's biggest, fell by 9.2% and Intesa Sanpaolo, the number two, lost 7.2% on May 28th and 29th. Other European banks' shares were also roughed up. The worries rippled across the Atlantic. The S&P 500 index slipped by 1.2% on May 29th, with banks again leading the way down. The yield on ten-year Treasury bonds fell from 2.93% to 2.77%, the biggest drop since the day after Britons voted for Brexit in June 2016. So far, this adds up to a nasty bout of the jitters rather than fullblown panic. Italy's two-year bond yield is far below the 7.6% it hit in November 2011, at the depths of the euro zone's previous crisis. The effect on the euro area's other problem members has been limited-even though yields in Greece, Portugal and Spain, where the prime minister faces a confidence vote on June 1st, reached their highest this year on May 29th. <br><br> Paragraph 4: Foreigners are also unlikely to have suffered much direct harm from the fall in bond prices (the corollary of rising yields). Nor has the run-up in yields yet threatened the sustainability of Italy's debt. On May 30th Italy sold a total of €5.6bn-worth of five-, seven- and ten-year bonds at yields of 2.32%, 2% and 3% respectively. Granted, that is dearer than in the recent past, but it is well below the average coupon of 3.4% on its existing stock of debt. And the longish average maturity of its bonds, around seven years, gives it breathing space. Alberto Gallo of Algebris, an investment firm, estimates that yields would have to be at least 4-4.5% for several months before higher coupon payments would make debt unsupportable. That is not unimaginable, but is some way off. <br><br> Paragraph 5: One reason for that is the backing of the European Central Bank. Under its quantitativeeasing programme, which has held down borrowing costs across the euro area, the ECB has bought €340 bn worth of Italian bonds; it holds around a sixth of the stock. In effect, it has been a willing buyer as foreigners have quit. Yet none of this means that markets could not turn against Italy with greater violence-if, say, a populist government undid recent reforms, opened the fiscal taps or picked a fight with bureaucrats in Brussels or Frankfurt. Although the biggest banks are now in decent health (or getting there), they own lots of government bonds. One bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is still in intensive care. The bad-loan burden, though reduced, remains heavy. Departure from the euro area would be unthinkably costly-for both Italy and the zone. Just like when Argentina abandoned dollar parity at the start of 2002, the value of Italians' bank deposits would plunge. Italy is not Greece, in that it is in far better shape. But it is not Greece, too, in that it is much, much bigger. In 2012 Mario Draghi, the ECB's president, quelled the crisis that looked likely to destroy the currency club by saying that the ECB would do 'whatever it takes to preserve the euro'.
Which of the following is/are antonyms of complacent? <br> I. Vitriolic<br> II. Slack<br> III. Humble<br> IV. Gloat
Explanation: Complacent: showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. <br> Eg: We can't afford to be complacent about security. <br> Synonyms: Slack, gloat. <br> Thus, II and IV are incorrect. <br> Vitriolic means hurtful/spiteful. <br> Only humble is correct as the antonym of complacent. <br> Hence, option B is correct.
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Financial markets don't much like uncertainty. Thanks to Italy's politicians, in recent days they have had plenty. By May 30th some calm had returned: it seemed possible that a pair of populist parties, the Five Star Movement and the Northern League, would form a government after all. Markets had been in turmoil for two days, unsettled by a farcical back-and-forth between the populists and the country's president, who had rejected the parties' choice of a Eurosceptic economist as finance minister. The politicians may have done the markets a service, by shaking them out of complacency. Investors may have returned the favour, by shaking some sense into the politicians-at least for now. <br><br> Paragraph 2: Italy is perennially slow-growing and groans under public debt of around $2.7trn, or132% of GDP. The drama reawakened dormant worries about those two problems-and the deeper fear that the euro zone's third-biggest member might be sneaking towards the exit. So the yield on Italian twoyear bonds, negative as recently as May 15th, leapt to almost 1% on May 28th. It carried on climbing the next day, touching 2.73%, the highest since 2013, before retreating. Ten-year yields also rose, if less spectacularly. Yields on German Bunds, Europe's safest government bonds, declined. <br><br> Paragraph 3: Share prices tumbled. Banks in Italy, holders of €600bn of government bonds, were hit hardest. UniCredit, the country's biggest, fell by 9.2% and Intesa Sanpaolo, the number two, lost 7.2% on May 28th and 29th. Other European banks' shares were also roughed up. The worries rippled across the Atlantic. The S&P 500 index slipped by 1.2% on May 29th, with banks again leading the way down. The yield on ten-year Treasury bonds fell from 2.93% to 2.77%, the biggest drop since the day after Britons voted for Brexit in June 2016. So far, this adds up to a nasty bout of the jitters rather than fullblown panic. Italy's two-year bond yield is far below the 7.6% it hit in November 2011, at the depths of the euro zone's previous crisis. The effect on the euro area's other problem members has been limited-even though yields in Greece, Portugal and Spain, where the prime minister faces a confidence vote on June 1st, reached their highest this year on May 29th. <br><br> Paragraph 4: Foreigners are also unlikely to have suffered much direct harm from the fall in bond prices (the corollary of rising yields). Nor has the run-up in yields yet threatened the sustainability of Italy's debt. On May 30th Italy sold a total of €5.6bn-worth of five-, seven- and ten-year bonds at yields of 2.32%, 2% and 3% respectively. Granted, that is dearer than in the recent past, but it is well below the average coupon of 3.4% on its existing stock of debt. And the longish average maturity of its bonds, around seven years, gives it breathing space. Alberto Gallo of Algebris, an investment firm, estimates that yields would have to be at least 4-4.5% for several months before higher coupon payments would make debt unsupportable. That is not unimaginable, but is some way off. <br><br> Paragraph 5: One reason for that is the backing of the European Central Bank. Under its quantitativeeasing programme, which has held down borrowing costs across the euro area, the ECB has bought €340 bn worth of Italian bonds; it holds around a sixth of the stock. In effect, it has been a willing buyer as foreigners have quit. Yet none of this means that markets could not turn against Italy with greater violence-if, say, a populist government undid recent reforms, opened the fiscal taps or picked a fight with bureaucrats in Brussels or Frankfurt. Although the biggest banks are now in decent health (or getting there), they own lots of government bonds. One bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is still in intensive care. The bad-loan burden, though reduced, remains heavy. Departure from the euro area would be unthinkably costly-for both Italy and the zone. Just like when Argentina abandoned dollar parity at the start of 2002, the value of Italians' bank deposits would plunge. Italy is not Greece, in that it is in far better shape. But it is not Greece, too, in that it is much, much bigger. In 2012 Mario Draghi, the ECB's president, quelled the crisis that looked likely to destroy the currency club by saying that the ECB would do 'whatever it takes to preserve the euro'.
Which of the following statements from paragraph 2 shows that investors were losing confidence in Italy? <br> I. Its debt hit a level of $2.7 trn, many times above its GDP. <br> II. Yield on Italian bonds rose in general. <br> III. Yields on German Bonds fell.
Explanation: Statement I is merely a fact and merely states the debt conditions in the country. <br> Statement II is correct. When investors lose confidence in the markets, the bond yields increase. <br> Statement III is correct as investors have been shifting from Italian to German bonds which provide more safety. This led to a decrease in the yields of the bonds. <br> Hence, both II and III are correct. <br> Option D is the correct answer.
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Financial markets don't much like uncertainty. Thanks to Italy's politicians, in recent days they have had plenty. By May 30th some calm had returned: it seemed possible that a pair of populist parties, the Five Star Movement and the Northern League, would form a government after all. Markets had been in turmoil for two days, unsettled by a farcical back-and-forth between the populists and the country's president, who had rejected the parties' choice of a Eurosceptic economist as finance minister. The politicians may have done the markets a service, by shaking them out of complacency. Investors may have returned the favour, by shaking some sense into the politicians-at least for now. <br><br> Paragraph 2: Italy is perennially slow-growing and groans under public debt of around $2.7trn, or132% of GDP. The drama reawakened dormant worries about those two problems-and the deeper fear that the euro zone's third-biggest member might be sneaking towards the exit. So the yield on Italian twoyear bonds, negative as recently as May 15th, leapt to almost 1% on May 28th. It carried on climbing the next day, touching 2.73%, the highest since 2013, before retreating. Ten-year yields also rose, if less spectacularly. Yields on German Bunds, Europe's safest government bonds, declined. <br><br> Paragraph 3: Share prices tumbled. Banks in Italy, holders of €600bn of government bonds, were hit hardest. UniCredit, the country's biggest, fell by 9.2% and Intesa Sanpaolo, the number two, lost 7.2% on May 28th and 29th. Other European banks' shares were also roughed up. The worries rippled across the Atlantic. The S&P 500 index slipped by 1.2% on May 29th, with banks again leading the way down. The yield on ten-year Treasury bonds fell from 2.93% to 2.77%, the biggest drop since the day after Britons voted for Brexit in June 2016. So far, this adds up to a nasty bout of the jitters rather than fullblown panic. Italy's two-year bond yield is far below the 7.6% it hit in November 2011, at the depths of the euro zone's previous crisis. The effect on the euro area's other problem members has been limited-even though yields in Greece, Portugal and Spain, where the prime minister faces a confidence vote on June 1st, reached their highest this year on May 29th. <br><br> Paragraph 4: Foreigners are also unlikely to have suffered much direct harm from the fall in bond prices (the corollary of rising yields). Nor has the run-up in yields yet threatened the sustainability of Italy's debt. On May 30th Italy sold a total of €5.6bn-worth of five-, seven- and ten-year bonds at yields of 2.32%, 2% and 3% respectively. Granted, that is dearer than in the recent past, but it is well below the average coupon of 3.4% on its existing stock of debt. And the longish average maturity of its bonds, around seven years, gives it breathing space. Alberto Gallo of Algebris, an investment firm, estimates that yields would have to be at least 4-4.5% for several months before higher coupon payments would make debt unsupportable. That is not unimaginable, but is some way off. <br><br> Paragraph 5: One reason for that is the backing of the European Central Bank. Under its quantitativeeasing programme, which has held down borrowing costs across the euro area, the ECB has bought €340 bn worth of Italian bonds; it holds around a sixth of the stock. In effect, it has been a willing buyer as foreigners have quit. Yet none of this means that markets could not turn against Italy with greater violence-if, say, a populist government undid recent reforms, opened the fiscal taps or picked a fight with bureaucrats in Brussels or Frankfurt. Although the biggest banks are now in decent health (or getting there), they own lots of government bonds. One bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is still in intensive care. The bad-loan burden, though reduced, remains heavy. Departure from the euro area would be unthinkably costly-for both Italy and the zone. Just like when Argentina abandoned dollar parity at the start of 2002, the value of Italians' bank deposits would plunge. Italy is not Greece, in that it is in far better shape. But it is not Greece, too, in that it is much, much bigger. In 2012 Mario Draghi, the ECB's president, quelled the crisis that looked likely to destroy the currency club by saying that the ECB would do 'whatever it takes to preserve the euro'.
Which of the statements below strengthen the argument -'So far, this adds up to a nasty bout of the jitters rather than full-blown panic'? <br> I. The bond yields in Italy are still far below the levels reached during the 2011 Euro-zone crisis. <br> II. The effect of the issue has not impacted other members very hard. <br> III. The ratings given to many Italian Bank stocks by credit agencies has not changed at all.
Explanation: As per the passage, bond yields rise when investors lose confidence in the ability of bonds to repay the debt. Here, the levels have not hit the heights that were achieved during the 2011 crisis and thus, statement I is correct. <br> Statement II is correct clearly. <br> Statement III is correct as a fall in the ratings would have indicated deterioration of conditions in the economy. <br> Hence, option E is correct
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Financial markets don't much like uncertainty. Thanks to Italy's politicians, in recent days they have had plenty. By May 30th some calm had returned: it seemed possible that a pair of populist parties, the Five Star Movement and the Northern League, would form a government after all. Markets had been in turmoil for two days, unsettled by a farcical back-and-forth between the populists and the country's president, who had rejected the parties' choice of a Eurosceptic economist as finance minister. The politicians may have done the markets a service, by shaking them out of complacency. Investors may have returned the favour, by shaking some sense into the politicians-at least for now. <br><br> Paragraph 2: Italy is perennially slow-growing and groans under public debt of around $2.7trn, or132% of GDP. The drama reawakened dormant worries about those two problems-and the deeper fear that the euro zone's third-biggest member might be sneaking towards the exit. So the yield on Italian twoyear bonds, negative as recently as May 15th, leapt to almost 1% on May 28th. It carried on climbing the next day, touching 2.73%, the highest since 2013, before retreating. Ten-year yields also rose, if less spectacularly. Yields on German Bunds, Europe's safest government bonds, declined. <br><br> Paragraph 3: Share prices tumbled. Banks in Italy, holders of €600bn of government bonds, were hit hardest. UniCredit, the country's biggest, fell by 9.2% and Intesa Sanpaolo, the number two, lost 7.2% on May 28th and 29th. Other European banks' shares were also roughed up. The worries rippled across the Atlantic. The S&P 500 index slipped by 1.2% on May 29th, with banks again leading the way down. The yield on ten-year Treasury bonds fell from 2.93% to 2.77%, the biggest drop since the day after Britons voted for Brexit in June 2016. So far, this adds up to a nasty bout of the jitters rather than fullblown panic. Italy's two-year bond yield is far below the 7.6% it hit in November 2011, at the depths of the euro zone's previous crisis. The effect on the euro area's other problem members has been limited-even though yields in Greece, Portugal and Spain, where the prime minister faces a confidence vote on June 1st, reached their highest this year on May 29th. <br><br> Paragraph 4: Foreigners are also unlikely to have suffered much direct harm from the fall in bond prices (the corollary of rising yields). Nor has the run-up in yields yet threatened the sustainability of Italy's debt. On May 30th Italy sold a total of €5.6bn-worth of five-, seven- and ten-year bonds at yields of 2.32%, 2% and 3% respectively. Granted, that is dearer than in the recent past, but it is well below the average coupon of 3.4% on its existing stock of debt. And the longish average maturity of its bonds, around seven years, gives it breathing space. Alberto Gallo of Algebris, an investment firm, estimates that yields would have to be at least 4-4.5% for several months before higher coupon payments would make debt unsupportable. That is not unimaginable, but is some way off. <br><br> Paragraph 5: One reason for that is the backing of the European Central Bank. Under its quantitativeeasing programme, which has held down borrowing costs across the euro area, the ECB has bought €340 bn worth of Italian bonds; it holds around a sixth of the stock. In effect, it has been a willing buyer as foreigners have quit. Yet none of this means that markets could not turn against Italy with greater violence-if, say, a populist government undid recent reforms, opened the fiscal taps or picked a fight with bureaucrats in Brussels or Frankfurt. Although the biggest banks are now in decent health (or getting there), they own lots of government bonds. One bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is still in intensive care. The bad-loan burden, though reduced, remains heavy. Departure from the euro area would be unthinkably costly-for both Italy and the zone. Just like when Argentina abandoned dollar parity at the start of 2002, the value of Italians' bank deposits would plunge. Italy is not Greece, in that it is in far better shape. But it is not Greece, too, in that it is much, much bigger. In 2012 Mario Draghi, the ECB's president, quelled the crisis that looked likely to destroy the currency club by saying that the ECB would do 'whatever it takes to preserve the euro'.
Which of the following could be a possible reason for the line- 'Foreigners are also unlikely to have suffered much direct harm from the fall in bond prices'? <br> I. Italy's huge public-debt market gives it a decent weight in global bond indices. <br> II. Foreign investors have cut their Italian holdings from €473bn to €250bn during the last year. <br> III. Exposure of banks outside Italy has fallen by almost half since 2009, to €133bn.
Explanation: Statement I is incorrect as if the Italian debt market has a huge share in the global bond indices, it would have an adverse impact on foreigners. <br> Statement II and Statement III are both correct as if the banks and other foreign investors have cut down on Italian holdings, they would not suffer much from the current situation. <br> Hence, option C is correct.
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