The growth during 2007 was driven by the emerging markets. The number of dollar millionaires created by India’s red hot economy grew by 22.7%; China followed with growth of 20.3% and Brazil came next with a 19.1% expansion in the high net worth population. There had been a divergence between mature and emerging markets in the second half of the year. Mature economies had significantly slower growth compared to other regions and compared to last year. _______________________
A :
China’s stock market grew by 291% and the Bovespa in Sao Paulo expanded by 93%, as foreign investors flooded into Brazil.
B :
In the UK, the market capitalisation of the London stock market contracted by 1.5% during 2007.
C :
The acceleration in mature markets was supported by soaring local stock markets.
D :
The number of dollar millionaires in Eastern Europe grew at 14.3%, compared with growth of 3% in Western Europe.
Answer: B The passage is talking about the emerging markets; At the end it starts talking about mature economies. Option B can qualify as an example of a mature economy. The other options expand on spectacular market growth and also comment on other markets.
Q. No. 38:
There are as many photographs of UFOs as there are of the Loch Ness Monster, and they are of equal quality: blurs and forgeries. Oddly, the advent of inexpensive video cameras has corresponded to a decrease in UFO sightings. Other physical evidence, such as alleged debris from alien crashes, or burn marks on the ground from alien landings, or implants in noses or brains of alien abductees, have turned out to be quite terrestrial, including forgeries. ______________________.
A :
The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the questionable interpretations of visual experiences and the inability to distinguish science fiction from science.
B :
UFOs are the products of the creative imagination they serve a poetic and an existential function.
C :
The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the willingness to trust incompetent men telling fantastic stories and the ability to distrust all contrary sources.
D :
UFOlogy is the mythology of the space age, rather than angels ... we now have ... extraterrestrials.
Answer: C The passage discusses the physical evidence as well as the fantastic yarns surrounding the UFOs, option C is the most appropriate continuation as it comments on this state in particular.
Q. No. 39:
Last week Mr. Obama was in Oslo to pick up a Nobel peace prize, __________ explaining that in the real world away from Norwegian dreams he was a war president who had just escalated the US presence in Afghanistan.
Answer: C The sentence talks of a positive event- Mr. Obama receiving the Nobel peace prize; however the sentence has a tinge of irony as Obama openly accepts that he was a ‘war president’. The situation for Mr. Obama is shameful and his acknowledgement on receiving the peace prize and at the same time escalating US presence in Afghanistan would have to be ‘apologetic’. Thus option (C) fits in best here.
Q. No. 40:
Mark Twain was responsible for many striking, mostly cynical ______, such as “Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest.” ______can sometimes end up as _____, but rarely would someone use them as an ______.
Answer: D “Epigram” is 'a witty or pointed saying expressed in a few words', whereas, “epitaph” is a 'commemorative inscription on a tomb'. “Epigraph” is 'an appropriate quotation in the beginning of a book or a chapter'. Or, it is put on buildings or statues. Therefore, 'Epigrams' can end up as 'epigraphs' but rarely will they be put up as 'epitaphs'. This is because they are witty. Taking into account people's reverence and sorrow for the dead, few people would put 'epigrams' as 'epitaphs'. Hence, the correct answer is option D.
Q. No. 41:
A candidate in the medical viva voce exam faced a tinge of intellectual _______when asked to spell the_____ gland. The fact that he carried notes on his person would definitely be termed as _____ by faculty, but may be termed as ______ by more generous sections of students.
Answer: D The gland name that was being asked to spell was the 'prostate'. If you were sure about this one word, you would have easily got the answer by eliminating the others, as the other four options mention 'prostrate' which means 'to lie face down.' Otherwise, we go blank by blank and see if we can still find the answer. If some students were generous enough, they would not have found the student's act same as the teachers', which is 'immoral' which means 'to violate moral principles'. They would have found it 'amoral' which means „having no or being indifferent to moral standards‟. With that, options A and B can be eliminated. 'Ambivalence' is uncertainty or fluctuation between two choices and is a better word than „ambiguity‟ which means 'confusion'. With that, we could have zeroed in on to two options, C and D. After that, either we depend on luck - which has certainly become better as we are down to 2 options from 4 - or depend on our certainty of the spelling of 'prostate' to get the right answer.