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Question 86

Select the option that best replaces the phrase in quotes. The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as 'bank deposits flourished'.

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Bank deposits are countable. So they swell. They don't flourish. "To flourish" means to develop. The correct answer is option b.

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