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Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Pristine
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Respite
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Deft
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Cursory
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Genial
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Lachrymose
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Apotheosis
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Procrustean
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
In its original condition; unspoiled, pure, or clean.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Skillful and quick in movement or action; demonstrating neatness and precision.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard for individual differences or fairness.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The revival or reappearance of something after a period of inactivity or dormancy.
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 same considerations are equally applicable ____ accident claims?
Explanation: Applicable is followed by preposition 'to'. Hence, option A is the correct answer.
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.
____ we be ____ trouble without water in future?
Explanation: When we use future simple in its interrogative form, we start with 'will' followed by the subject and the verb in its base form (the sentence ends with a question mark). Hence, 'will' along with gerund 'facing' is used.
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.
____ sir asks a question, even we won't answer.
Explanation: We use the conjunction 'unless' to mean 'except if'. The clause which follows unless is a subordinate clause (sc): it needs a main clause (mc) to make a complete sentence. When 'unless' comes before the main clause, we use a comma.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
A fair crack of the whip
Explanation: A fair crack of the whip: an equal chance to do something.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To take with a grain of salt
Explanation: To take with a grain of salt: to view something with skepticism or to not to interpret something literally.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To snap one's fingers
Explanation: To snap one's fingers: to perform a rude gesture in which one touches their nose with their thumb in order to express contempt or a lack of respect.
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.
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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.
The taxi that will take the family to Haridwar (a)/ had to be ready (b)/ at six the next morning (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: has to be ready
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.
Employees are expected to (a)/ adhere the rules (b) / laid down by the management (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: adhere to the rules
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.
The owner of the horse (a)/ greedily ask (b)/ too high a price (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: greedily asks
Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Citing a likely negative free cash flow situation due to heavy debt repayments over the next 18 months, global ratings agency Moody's has lowered the credit outlook on Reliance Industries to 'stable' from 'positive' but retained the Baa2 ratings its long-term debt. The country's richest and most profitable company will see large cash outflow over the next 18 months towards paying back its creditors for the billions of dollars of capex it had incurred on telecom business as well refining and petrochemical expansions in the past few years. <br><br> Paragraph 2: This will lead the energy and telecom conglomerate, which already is the largest forex borrower in the country, to tap the debt market more as a result of which it will not be able to reduce its debt and also its free cash flow to be in the negative territory for next 18 months or so, it warned. <br><br> Paragraph 3: However, it noted that though the refining and petrochem capex is almost complete, the cash outflow will still remain high as payments to creditors for the past capex are made over the next 12-18 months. For the quarter to September, RIL, which has a Rs 6 trillion market capitalisation, saw its cash pile falling to Rs 77,014 crore at the same time its debt swelled to Rs 2,14,145 crore from Rs 1,96,601 crore. <br><br> Paragraph 4: 'Such payments along with additional capex towards telecom will constrain any reduction in net borrowings until fiscal 2019,' Moody's warned in a weekend note.'Accordingly, we've revised our outlook on RIL's long-term issuer rating to stable from positive, but the outlook on its foreign currency senior unsecured rating is maintained at stable. The outlook on Reliance Holding US is also maintained at stable,' Moody's said. <br><br> Paragraph 5: The change in the outlook on the Baa2 rating reflects the increase in its business risks due to the growing digital services segment and our expectation that the high capex will keep its free cash-flow negative for at least next 18 months. The company has invested over Rs 1.4 trillion into its telecom arm Reliance Jio while it's at the fag-end of its refining and petrochemical expansion worth over Rs 1 trillion. <br><br> Paragraph 6: The company expects Jio, which reported a Rs 260 crore operational profit in the September quarter with a Rs 271 crore net loss, to turn in first set of profits in the current fiscal itself. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate reported a 12.5 per cent jump in September quarter net after refining margin soared to a nine-year high and mobile telephony venture earned operational profit. The Baa2 rating affirmation reflects our expectation that RIL's credit metrics will recover over the next 12-18 months and be better positioned for the ratings as it continues to increase its earnings from the recently completed and ongoing projects in the refining and petrochemical segments.
Choose the word/group of words which is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold in the passage:<br> <strong>Constrain</strong>
Explanation: Ans. C 'Constrain' means to limit or to control. <br><br> 'Excel' means to succeed. <br><br> 'Confine' means to restrict or restrain. <br><br> 'Free' means without any charge. <br><br> 'Refine' means pure. <br><br> 'Covet' means greed of something. <br><br> Thus, out of all the given options 'Free' has a meaning opposite to 'Constrain.' <br><br> Hence option C is correct.
Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Citing a likely negative free cash flow situation due to heavy debt repayments over the next 18 months, global ratings agency Moody's has lowered the credit outlook on Reliance Industries to 'stable' from 'positive' but retained the Baa2 ratings its long-term debt. The country's richest and most profitable company will see large cash outflow over the next 18 months towards paying back its creditors for the billions of dollars of capex it had incurred on telecom business as well refining and petrochemical expansions in the past few years. <br><br> Paragraph 2: This will lead the energy and telecom conglomerate, which already is the largest forex borrower in the country, to tap the debt market more as a result of which it will not be able to reduce its debt and also its free cash flow to be in the negative territory for next 18 months or so, it warned. <br><br> Paragraph 3: However, it noted that though the refining and petrochem capex is almost complete, the cash outflow will still remain high as payments to creditors for the past capex are made over the next 12-18 months. For the quarter to September, RIL, which has a Rs 6 trillion market capitalisation, saw its cash pile falling to Rs 77,014 crore at the same time its debt swelled to Rs 2,14,145 crore from Rs 1,96,601 crore. <br><br> Paragraph 4: 'Such payments along with additional capex towards telecom will constrain any reduction in net borrowings until fiscal 2019,' Moody's warned in a weekend note.'Accordingly, we've revised our outlook on RIL's long-term issuer rating to stable from positive, but the outlook on its foreign currency senior unsecured rating is maintained at stable. The outlook on Reliance Holding US is also maintained at stable,' Moody's said. <br><br> Paragraph 5: The change in the outlook on the Baa2 rating reflects the increase in its business risks due to the growing digital services segment and our expectation that the high capex will keep its free cash-flow negative for at least next 18 months. The company has invested over Rs 1.4 trillion into its telecom arm Reliance Jio while it's at the fag-end of its refining and petrochemical expansion worth over Rs 1 trillion. <br><br> Paragraph 6: The company expects Jio, which reported a Rs 260 crore operational profit in the September quarter with a Rs 271 crore net loss, to turn in first set of profits in the current fiscal itself. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate reported a 12.5 per cent jump in September quarter net after refining margin soared to a nine-year high and mobile telephony venture earned operational profit. The Baa2 rating affirmation reflects our expectation that RIL's credit metrics will recover over the next 12-18 months and be better positioned for the ratings as it continues to increase its earnings from the recently completed and ongoing projects in the refining and petrochemical segments.
Choose the word/group of words which is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold in the passage:<br> <strong>Soared</strong>
Explanation: 'Soared' means to rise or ascend. <br><br> Out of all the given options, only 'descend' is the opposite to soar. <br><br> 'Descend' means to decrease or fall. <br><br> Hence option C is correct.
Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Citing a likely negative free cash flow situation due to heavy debt repayments over the next 18 months, global ratings agency Moody's has lowered the credit outlook on Reliance Industries to 'stable' from 'positive' but retained the Baa2 ratings its long-term debt. The country's richest and most profitable company will see large cash outflow over the next 18 months towards paying back its creditors for the billions of dollars of capex it had incurred on telecom business as well refining and petrochemical expansions in the past few years. <br><br> Paragraph 2: This will lead the energy and telecom conglomerate, which already is the largest forex borrower in the country, to tap the debt market more as a result of which it will not be able to reduce its debt and also its free cash flow to be in the negative territory for next 18 months or so, it warned. <br><br> Paragraph 3: However, it noted that though the refining and petrochem capex is almost complete, the cash outflow will still remain high as payments to creditors for the past capex are made over the next 12-18 months. For the quarter to September, RIL, which has a Rs 6 trillion market capitalisation, saw its cash pile falling to Rs 77,014 crore at the same time its debt swelled to Rs 2,14,145 crore from Rs 1,96,601 crore. <br><br> Paragraph 4: 'Such payments along with additional capex towards telecom will constrain any reduction in net borrowings until fiscal 2019,' Moody's warned in a weekend note.'Accordingly, we've revised our outlook on RIL's long-term issuer rating to stable from positive, but the outlook on its foreign currency senior unsecured rating is maintained at stable. The outlook on Reliance Holding US is also maintained at stable,' Moody's said. <br><br> Paragraph 5: The change in the outlook on the Baa2 rating reflects the increase in its business risks due to the growing digital services segment and our expectation that the high capex will keep its free cash-flow negative for at least next 18 months. The company has invested over Rs 1.4 trillion into its telecom arm Reliance Jio while it's at the fag-end of its refining and petrochemical expansion worth over Rs 1 trillion. <br><br> Paragraph 6: The company expects Jio, which reported a Rs 260 crore operational profit in the September quarter with a Rs 271 crore net loss, to turn in first set of profits in the current fiscal itself. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate reported a 12.5 per cent jump in September quarter net after refining margin soared to a nine-year high and mobile telephony venture earned operational profit. The Baa2 rating affirmation reflects our expectation that RIL's credit metrics will recover over the next 12-18 months and be better positioned for the ratings as it continues to increase its earnings from the recently completed and ongoing projects in the refining and petrochemical segments.
Choose the word/group of words which is the MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold in the passage:<br> <strong>Outlook</strong>
Explanation: 'Outlook' means point of view. <br><br> 'Perspective' also means the same. <br><br> 'Decision' is to reach at some conclusion. <br><br> 'Rating' to scale as per different measures. <br><br> 'Indifference' is absence of interest. <br><br> 'Negligence' means to ignore. <br><br> Hence option A is correct.
Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Citing a likely negative free cash flow situation due to heavy debt repayments over the next 18 months, global ratings agency Moody's has lowered the credit outlook on Reliance Industries to 'stable' from 'positive' but retained the Baa2 ratings its long-term debt. The country's richest and most profitable company will see large cash outflow over the next 18 months towards paying back its creditors for the billions of dollars of capex it had incurred on telecom business as well refining and petrochemical expansions in the past few years. <br><br> Paragraph 2: This will lead the energy and telecom conglomerate, which already is the largest forex borrower in the country, to tap the debt market more as a result of which it will not be able to reduce its debt and also its free cash flow to be in the negative territory for next 18 months or so, it warned. <br><br> Paragraph 3: However, it noted that though the refining and petrochem capex is almost complete, the cash outflow will still remain high as payments to creditors for the past capex are made over the next 12-18 months. For the quarter to September, RIL, which has a Rs 6 trillion market capitalisation, saw its cash pile falling to Rs 77,014 crore at the same time its debt swelled to Rs 2,14,145 crore from Rs 1,96,601 crore. <br><br> Paragraph 4: 'Such payments along with additional capex towards telecom will constrain any reduction in net borrowings until fiscal 2019,' Moody's warned in a weekend note.'Accordingly, we've revised our outlook on RIL's long-term issuer rating to stable from positive, but the outlook on its foreign currency senior unsecured rating is maintained at stable. The outlook on Reliance Holding US is also maintained at stable,' Moody's said. <br><br> Paragraph 5: The change in the outlook on the Baa2 rating reflects the increase in its business risks due to the growing digital services segment and our expectation that the high capex will keep its free cash-flow negative for at least next 18 months. The company has invested over Rs 1.4 trillion into its telecom arm Reliance Jio while it's at the fag-end of its refining and petrochemical expansion worth over Rs 1 trillion. <br><br> Paragraph 6: The company expects Jio, which reported a Rs 260 crore operational profit in the September quarter with a Rs 271 crore net loss, to turn in first set of profits in the current fiscal itself. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate reported a 12.5 per cent jump in September quarter net after refining margin soared to a nine-year high and mobile telephony venture earned operational profit. The Baa2 rating affirmation reflects our expectation that RIL's credit metrics will recover over the next 12-18 months and be better positioned for the ratings as it continues to increase its earnings from the recently completed and ongoing projects in the refining and petrochemical segments.
Choose the word/group of words which is the MOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold in the passage:<br> <strong>Conglomerate</strong>
Explanation: 'Conglomerate' means an associate or accord. <br><br> 'Union' is a group of people having same interests. <br><br> 'Syndicate' is a group of business entities. <br><br> 'Gang' is a group. <br><br> 'Affiliate' means an associate or an organistaion associated with another. <br><br> 'Manifold' means many or multiple. <br><br> Hence option D is correct.
Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. <br><br> Paragraph 1: Citing a likely negative free cash flow situation due to heavy debt repayments over the next 18 months, global ratings agency Moody's has lowered the credit outlook on Reliance Industries to 'stable' from 'positive' but retained the Baa2 ratings its long-term debt. The country's richest and most profitable company will see large cash outflow over the next 18 months towards paying back its creditors for the billions of dollars of capex it had incurred on telecom business as well refining and petrochemical expansions in the past few years. <br><br> Paragraph 2: This will lead the energy and telecom conglomerate, which already is the largest forex borrower in the country, to tap the debt market more as a result of which it will not be able to reduce its debt and also its free cash flow to be in the negative territory for next 18 months or so, it warned. <br><br> Paragraph 3: However, it noted that though the refining and petrochem capex is almost complete, the cash outflow will still remain high as payments to creditors for the past capex are made over the next 12-18 months. For the quarter to September, RIL, which has a Rs 6 trillion market capitalisation, saw its cash pile falling to Rs 77,014 crore at the same time its debt swelled to Rs 2,14,145 crore from Rs 1,96,601 crore. <br><br> Paragraph 4: 'Such payments along with additional capex towards telecom will constrain any reduction in net borrowings until fiscal 2019,' Moody's warned in a weekend note.'Accordingly, we've revised our outlook on RIL's long-term issuer rating to stable from positive, but the outlook on its foreign currency senior unsecured rating is maintained at stable. The outlook on Reliance Holding US is also maintained at stable,' Moody's said. <br><br> Paragraph 5: The change in the outlook on the Baa2 rating reflects the increase in its business risks due to the growing digital services segment and our expectation that the high capex will keep its free cash-flow negative for at least next 18 months. The company has invested over Rs 1.4 trillion into its telecom arm Reliance Jio while it's at the fag-end of its refining and petrochemical expansion worth over Rs 1 trillion. <br><br> Paragraph 6: The company expects Jio, which reported a Rs 260 crore operational profit in the September quarter with a Rs 271 crore net loss, to turn in first set of profits in the current fiscal itself. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate reported a 12.5 per cent jump in September quarter net after refining margin soared to a nine-year high and mobile telephony venture earned operational profit. The Baa2 rating affirmation reflects our expectation that RIL's credit metrics will recover over the next 12-18 months and be better positioned for the ratings as it continues to increase its earnings from the recently completed and ongoing projects in the refining and petrochemical segments.
As per paragraph 1, what does the 'stable' rating mean? <br><br> I. An increase in debt payout and negative cashflow. <br><br> II. A decrease in debt payout and negative cashflow. <br><br> III. An increase in capex and payout of debts.
Explanation: As per the highlighted text in paragraph 1<br><br> Citing a likely negative free cash flow situation due to heavy debt repayments over the next 18 months, global ratings agency Moody's has lowered the credit outlook on Reliance Industries to 'stable' from 'positive' but retained the Baa2 ratings its long-term debt. <br><br> Thus it can be inferred that a stable credit rating denotes higher creditors and negative cashflow due to repayment of credit. <br><br> Hence option A is correct.
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