English Quiz for NIACL Assistant Mains 2017 – Set 1

This year’s Union Budget ____figure ____(1) will tell
____normally ____(2) on the common man. Given the ____hike ____(3)
in taxes, the ____income ____(4) power of tax-payers is ____speeding ____(5)
to drop. Also, the reduction in interest rate is a hit below the belt for fixed
income earners, especially senior citizens most of whom _____console ___(6)
on interest as the main _____occupation ___(7) of income. Further, cut
in savings rate will negatively ____promote ____(8) economic growth.
More taxes (income tax, service tax, etc) on small entrepreneurs will make it
difficult for them to ___run _____(9) their ____schemes ____(10).

1. 1) provision 2) stake 3) toll 4) lecture 5) no correction
required

2. 1) specifically 2) mainly 3) heavily 4) unmistakably 5) no
correction required

3. 1) priority 2) burden 3) limit 4) mode 5) no correction
required

4. 1) paying 2) purchasing 3) collection 4) monetary 5) no
correction required

5. 1) beginning 2) heading 3) bound 4) sudden 5) no
correction required

6. 1) purchase 2) pay 3) deliver 4) depend 5) no correction
required

7. 1) proof 2) source 3) venue 4) generation 5) no
correction required

8. 1) impact 2) reverse 3) proceed 4) venture 5) no
correction required

9. 1) prosper 2) arrange 3) compete 4) succeed 5) no
correction required

10. 1) skills 2) functions 3) practices 9) businesses 5) no
correction required