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The Finance Secretary said that one of the _____ [I] that the Reserve Bank of India's rate cuts were not being transmitted by the banks was because they didn't have enough liquidity left to _____ [II] lend to the private sector after accommodating government borrowing. For each blank, three alternatives are provided in the columns. Choose the alternative from the corresponding column that fits the blanks to make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. Column I: (A) Reasons (B) Crunches (C) Sanctions Column II: (D) Impingement (E) Distinguish (F) Adequately

1. B-E
2. C-D
3. A-F
4. C-F

Correct answer: A-F

Solution

The sentence needs a word meaning 'causes' or 'factors' in the first blank, so 'Reasons' fits best. The second blank needs an adverb before 'lend', and 'adequately' is grammatically correct and contextually suitable. Therefore, the correct pair is A-F.

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