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Question 1

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

Question 2

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
Which of the following has been used as an assumption to estimate the amount of black money?

Question 3

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

Question 4

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
Which sector is more prone to black money creation?

Question 5

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
What specific measures have been taken to address the issue of black money in the past?

Question 6

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
What does demonetization aim to repress?

Question 7

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
Liberalization of gold imports was made possible by which of the following measures?

Question 8

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
What does 2% of the Gross Domestic Product represent?

Question 9

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Counterfeiting

Question 10

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it by choosing the best option for each:

The amount of potential black money in the system could be Rs. 3 lakh crore or Rs. 7.3 lakh crore, says the Economic Survey. To estimate amount of black money, the Survey has used assumptions of soil rates - rate at which notes are considered to be too damaged to use and have been returned to the central bank - of other countries. The survey has used assumptions of soil notes of other countries to arrive at the number. "Using relative soil rates for the $50 and $20 and applying them to comparable Indian high denomination notes, yields an estimate of the amount not used for transactions, and hence potentially black, of about Rs. 3 lakh crore," said the Economic Survey in Demonetization: to Defy or Demonetize. Rs. 3 lakh crore represents 2% of the GDP.
Other way to estimate black money is to assume that all these notes should soil at the same rate, if they were really being used for transactions it would yield an estimate of money that is not used for transactions at Rs 7.3 lakh crore. The survey, however, says that this assumption would be extreme given lower soil rates of high denomination notes. Low denomination notes have highest soil rate. As per RBI data, low denomination notes have a soil rate of 33 percent per year, Rs. 500 note 22 percent, and the Rs. 1000 just 11 percent. The government had demonetized two largest denomination notes- Rs 1000 and Rs 500 from November 8, taking away 86% of the currency from the system. This was aimed to curb corruption, counterfeiting, terror funding and accumulation of black money. RBI governor Urijit Patel had informed a parliamentary committee on January 18 that it had issued Rs 9.2 lakh crore of new currencies since November 8.
Several studies have been undertaken over the past 50-55 years to estimate and tackle the black money problem. But they have failed to throw up an official estimate of such money in the system. The 2012 white paper states that financial markets, public procurement, non-profit sector, unorganized sector and cash economy are more prone to black money creation.
There is no other estimate of the amount of black money that could have come out from the recent measure of doing away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that exist in the form of cash. In the past, there have been specific measures to address black money generated such as banning participatory notes, which was perceived to be facilitating conversion of black money into white, liberalization of gold imports and gold bond schemes.
Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Liberalization
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