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1.  
The committee's decision was ________; all ten members voted in favour.

Correct Answer: C [unanimous]

Explanation:

All agreeing = unanimous; anonymous = without a name; unilateral = by one side only.

2.  
The bank has taken several steps to ________ the risk of fraud in online transactions.

Correct Answer: E [mitigate]

Explanation:

mitigate a risk = make it less severe; a bank would not magnify risk.

3.  
Farmers in the district ________ heavily on the monsoon for irrigation.

Correct Answer: A [depend]

Explanation:

depend on = need for support; insist on / consist of / persist in / resist do not fit.

4.  
The new policy will come into ________ from the first of next month.

Correct Answer: B [effect]

Explanation:

Fixed collocation: come into effect.

5.  
Despite repeated reminders, the borrower remained ________ about repaying the loan.

Correct Answer: D [indifferent]

Explanation:

“Despite reminders” → he did not respond → a (−) word.

6.  
The economist's forecast proved ________; prices rose exactly as she had predicted.

Correct Answer: B [accurate]

Explanation:

The semicolon clause explains the blank: exactly as predicted = accurate.

7.  
The flight was ________ because of bad weather.

Correct Answer: C [called off]

Explanation:

call off = cancel.

8.  
We have ________ printer paper; please order some more.

Correct Answer: D [run out of]

Explanation:

run out of = have no more of.

9.  
The bank will ________ the complaint and reply within a week.

Correct Answer: E [look into]

Explanation:

look into = investigate.

10.  
The scheme was ________ to help small traders, but its complex forms ________ many of them from applying.

Correct Answer: A [designed, discouraged]

Explanation:

was + past participle (designed); “but” → the forms worked against applying (discouraged … from).

11.  
As the old machines were ________, the bank decided to ________ them with new ones.

Correct Answer: A [obsolete, replace]

Explanation:

“with new ones” → replace (to + base verb); old machines being replaced → obsolete.

12.  
The speaker's argument was so ________ that even those who had come to oppose him were ________.

Correct Answer: D [convincing, persuaded]

Explanation:

so + strong (+) quality that even opponents were persuaded; an argument is ‘convincing’, a person is ‘convinced’.

13.  
Rising prices ________ the poor the most, because they ________ a larger share of their income on food.

Correct Answer: C [hurt, spend]

Explanation:

plural subject ‘prices’ → hurt; ‘because they ____ a larger share … on food’ → spend.

14.  
The inspector found the records ________ and ________ the branch for its careful work.

Correct Answer: B [accurate, praised]

Explanation:

found + object + adjective (accurate); ‘and praised … for its careful work’ – parallel past verb.

15.  
Though the river looked ________, the boatman warned that its currents were ________.

Correct Answer: E [calm, dangerous]

Explanation:

“Though” → contrast: looked calm ↔ dangerous currents; ‘looked’ takes an adjective (calm, not calmly).

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