SRCC GBO 2021

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiomatic expression in the given sentence.
She wanted to submit her artwork in time for the competition but she missed the boat as she had other commitments.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
While working at the Human Resources Department, Mina was very ______ of not appearing to be ______ enough to her colleagues and the management.

Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
This village presents one of many successes of the country’s pledge to eradicate abject rural poverty by the end of 2020.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. A recent legislation has ensured that the antiquities trade will be subject to greater oversight, which empowers federal regulators to design measures that would remove secrecy from transactions.

B. Regulators have long worried that the opacity of the antiquities trade, where buyers and sellers are seldom identified, made it an easy way to shroud illicit transfers of money.

C. The law also seeks to end the use of shell companies to conceal the identities of buyers and sellers.

D. Legal experts expect that the new antiquities regulations will flag certain transactions to the authorities, who then determine whether they are suspicious.

Choose the option that best describes the meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Travel writing is epistolary in nature: it uses the voyage and the destination as referents to communicate our own evolution of thought.

Four options have been given out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the one that is different.

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiomatic expression in the given sentence.
It is difficult to pick new books in a year where there is an embarrassment of riches; one is hampered by the fact that some of the best ones are written by close friends and colleagues.

Choose the option that will complete the following paragraph.
Numerous criticisms of medical science have been articulated in recent years. Some critics argue that spurious disease categories are being invented for the aim of profit. Others say that the benefits of most new drugs are minimal and exaggerated by clinical research, and that the harms of these drugs are extensive and typically underestimated by clinical research.

Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks of the given sentence.
It was quiet and peaceful during the monsoon months, when everything ______ in emerald green, and ______ to meet old friends, in uncrowded spaces.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. The program has been criticised for assisting people classified as extremely poor at some point from 2014 to 2016, without adding others who may have fallen on hard times since then.

B. In just five years, China says it has lifted from extreme poverty over 50 million farmers left behind by rapid economic growth in cities.

C. It does very little too for the urban poor people where wages may be higher but workers must pay far more for food and rent.

D. Local government officials identified impoverished households, handed out loans, grants and even farm animals to poor villagers.