| 1. | E | 'unless' the emmisions are cut by half, we are looking at the disaster. |
| 2. | A | 'emissions' are cut. |
| 3. | B | we are on border/at boundry/verge of ecological diasaters. |
| 4. | A | it is stated or quoted in the report. |
| 5. | C | the context says the poor/poor countries will be worst hit by this problem as they do not have enough resources to face the problems arising due to 'increase in carbon emissions'. |
| 6. | E | poor will be least 'equipped' to face the problem due lack of resources. |
| 7. | B | when weather phenomenons go out of control it is called 'nature's fury'. |
| 8. | B | The branches ensure physical security.( Hint is look at the word savings of customer.) |
| 9. | E | 'Engages' fits in with the preposition 'in' as it means that customers can take other services offered. As he is not authorised by a bank so he will be not be enable or operate the acivities of a bank. 'Interact' is contextually wrong and grammatically wrong as preposition 'with' is required after the word 'interact'. After 'pursue' the preposition 'in' is wrong. |
| 10. | E | The sentence talks about a change so innovation is the best fit with respect to banking architecture. As the context is positive so 'drawback' , a negative, will not come. As context talks about 'change' in terms of delievering services so it cannot be a 'luxury' 'Interact' and 'operate' are contextually wrong. |
| 11. | B | Because cell phones are the new architecture of virtual banks so it has the potential of making branches obsolete. RETREAT' is to 'go back' aand this is not the situation here. 'extant' is 'existing' will not make any sense here. 'Essential' is exactly opposite to the context there it cannot come here. |
| 12. | E | Cell phone banking has to penetrate the country side. So it has to be effective. |
| 13. | A | The sentence continues as there being 6 million customers, which in itself is phenomenal |
| 14. | A | The word that best fits the given context is indigenous, which means characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning/ originating where it is found. In this sentence, we need to showcase how the author is talking about a local fighter programme, Tejas, and how this is the only one that is India made. Since this is still being made according to the paragraph, none of the other words fit in the given context |
| 15. | A | In this word, we need a negative word that highlights how the situation is particularly disturbing. Three choices represent negative emotions: (A), (D) and (E). In the given case, options (D) and (E) do not fit as the situation is not tragic or scandalizing. |
