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1.  
Which word fits all three blanks?
(i) Please ________ the balance in your passbook.
(ii) The government took steps to ________ inflation.
(iii) Can you ________ whether the branch is open on Saturday?

Correct Answer: A [check]

Explanation:

check = examine (i), control (ii), find out (iii).

2.  
Which word fits all three blanks?
(i) The bank charges a ________ for late payment.
(ii) The weather is ________ today.
(iii) The thread is very ________.

Correct Answer: B [fine]

Explanation:

fine = penalty (i), pleasant (ii), thin (iii).

3.  
In which sentence is the word interest used INCORRECTLY?

Correct Answer: C [He interested the loan at nine per cent last month.]

Explanation:

“interest” is not a verb meaning ‘to charge interest on’; the others use the senses money for money, liking, benefit and share.

4.  
In which sentence does balance mean ‘the amount of money left in an account’?

Correct Answer: D [Please check the balance in your account before you withdraw.]

Explanation:

Other senses: steadiness, keep in proportion, remainder of time, equal weight.

5.  
The scheme ________ the distress of the farmers but did not ________ it completely.

Correct Answer: E [alleviated, eliminate]

Explanation:

Reduced (alleviated) but did not remove (eliminate) – ‘eliminated … not completely’ contradicts itself.

6.  
The ________ of the college addressed the new students.

Correct Answer: D [principal]

Explanation:

Principal = head of a college (the principal is your pal); principle = a rule.

7.  
The two accounts are ________; money moved from one shows up in the other within seconds.

Correct Answer: C [linked]

Explanation:

The explanation after the semicolon describes a connection.

8.  
Small traders ________ the slowdown, as their sales fell the most.

Correct Answer: A [bore the brunt of]

Explanation:

bear the brunt of = suffer the worst part of; the second clause confirms they suffered most.

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