[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Word of the Day
Word: Prodigal
Meaning: Carelessly and foolishly spending money, time, etc.
Part of speech: Adjective
Synonyms: Extravagant, high-rolling, profligate, spendthrift
Antonym: Conserving, economical, economizing, frugal
Example: The prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ➡Be used tois used to say that somethingis normal, not unusual.
➡Examples:*.
I'm used to living alone.
➡Don't worry, Johnis used to driving for long hours. He has worked as a professional driver for 20 years.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Vocabulary – 1
1- Vehemently (violent,fierce,tearing)
2- Retort (counter,repay,riposte)
3- Superstition (an irrational beliefarising from ignorance or
fear)
4- Dilapidate (crumble,decay)
5- Inundate (deluge,submerge,flood,swamp)
6- Lament (bemoan,deplore,requiem)
7- Skirmish (brush,clash,encounter)
8- Plethora(overplus,richness,profusion)
9- Fraternity (brotherhood,sodality,frat)
10-Smitten (afflicted,in love,struck,taken with)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1. Emulate – To imitate
Ex – Sons are traditionally expected to emulate their fathers.
Syno – Copy, Mimic, Reproduce, Echo
2. Connote – Something which makes you think of a particular person
Syno – Imply, Suggest, Signify, Indicate
3. Vociferous – Someone who speak with great energy and determination
Ex – He vociferously opposed the state of emergency imposed by the govt.
Syno – Vehement, Outspoken, Vocal, Frank
4. Torrid – Extremely hot and dry weather
Ex – The torrid heat of Spanish summer.
Syno – Sultry, Hot, Sweltering
5. Torpid – Mentally or physically inactive
Ex – We sat around a torpid state.
Syno – Inert, Lethargic, Sluggish, Inactive, Slow
6. Sag – To become weaker
Ex – Exports are forging ahead while home sales sag.
Syno – Falter, Weaken, Languish, Flag, Fade
7. Mayhem – A situation which is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused way
Ex – Complete mayhem broke out.
Syno – Chaos, Disorder, Havoc, Bedlam
8. Shore up – To strengthen or support something (which is weak or about to fail)
Syno – Support, Strengthen, Reinforce, Prop
9. Decelerate – To slow down
Ex – Crude oil price has decelerated remarkably.
Syno – Slow down, Slow, Slack up
10. Tumble – To fall with a rolling or bouncing movement
Ex – He fell to the ground and the gun tumbled out of his hand.
Syno – Fall, Trip, Collapse, Spill
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ▶ Synonyms ◀
1.REPROVE
A) Prevail. B) Rebuke
C) Ascertain. D) Prove false
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Rebuke...✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 2.Repudiate
A) Annoy. B) Reject
C) Besmirch. D) Appropriate
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Reject
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Tautology
A) Tension. B) Smile
C) Memory. D) Repetition
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✅✅ Repetition...
4. Temerity
A) Boldness. B) Timidity
C) Resourcefulness. D) Tremulousness
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Boldness (Daring)...✔✔
Tremulousness:- (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Replica
A) Facsimile. B) Famous site
C) Battle Emblem. D) Museum piece
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Facsimile...✔✔
6.PLAGIARISM
A) Arson. B) theft of funds
C) Theft of Ideas. D) Belief in God
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔
REMONSTRATE
A) Display. B) Protest
C) Resign. D) Restate
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: MYOPIC
A) Nearsighted B) Moral
C) Glassy. D) Visionary
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B. Protest..✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Nearsighted...✔✔
MIRAGE
A) Illusion. B) Water
C) Dessert. D) Mirror
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Illusion...,✔✔
MEDIOCRE
A) Average. B) Medievel
C) Bitter. D) Industrial
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Average...✅✅
INVEIGH
A) Apply. B) Orate
C) Speak Violently. D) Disturb
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Speack Violenlty... (Declaim)...✔✔
MINON
A) Monster. B) Majority
C) Quorum. D) Dependent
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D.Dependent...✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: INIMICAL
A) Fanciful. B) Accurate
C) Anonymous. D) Antagonistic
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Antagonistic..✔✔
Inimical means Not friendly
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: "Contaminate"
A) Arrest. B) Pollute
C) Prepare. D) Beam
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Pollute..✔✔
DECIMATE
A) kill. B) Collide
C) Search. D) Disgrace
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Kill.... ✅✅
����Other synonyms:- Wipe out, carry off, Eliminate, Eradicate, Annihilate, extinguish
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Joy
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: "Ecstasy"
A) Joy. B) Speed
C) Warmth. D) Tresure
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Joy...✔✔
GENUFLECT
A) Falsify. B) Trick
C) Project. D) Bend the Knee
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Bend the knee...✔✔
Meaning:- Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: INCOMPATIBLE
A) Faulty. B) Capable
C) Alienated. D) Reasonable
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Alienated...✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: INFALLIBLE
A) Final. B) Perfect
C) Inaccurate. D) Unbelievable
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: POLEMIC
A) Blackness. B) Lighting
C) Magnetism. D) Controversy
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Perfect..✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D. Controversy...✔✔
MUNIFICANT
A) Grandiose. B) puny
C) Poor. D) Philanthropic
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D.Philanthropic.. ✔✔
INEBRIETY
A) Felony. B) Starvation
C) Drunkenness. D) Revelation
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: FULMINATE
A) Fulfill. B) Talk nonsense
C) Protest. D) Contemplate
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Drunkenness...✔✔
Inebriety:-A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
[Synonyms: Tipsiness, Insobriety, Inebriation, Intoxication, drunkenness]
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C.Protest....✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: RELISH
A) Desire. B) Nibble
C) Savor. D) Violating
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Savor...✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: PIQUE
A) pyramid. B) revolt
C) struggle. D) Resentment
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Resentment...✔✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: PRECARIOUS
A) Priceless. B) Primitive
C) Premature. D) Hazardous
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D.Hazardous ..✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: PIEBALD
A) Motley. B) Coltish
C) Hairless. D) Thoroughbred
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Motley...✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: TARRY
A) Polish. B) Linger
C) Restrain. D) Surpass
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Linger
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: TAWDRY
A) Orderly. B) Filtered
C) Meretricious. D) Reclaimed
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C. Meretricious ✔✔
"Tenacity"
A) Tendency. B) Perseverance
C) Ingratitide. D) Splendor
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Perseverance...✔✔
TEMPORAL
A) Secular. B) Sleeply
C) Scholarly. D) Priestly
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Secular ✅✔☑
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: "TENUOUS"
A) Vital. B) Thin
C) Careful. D) Dangerous
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B.Thin...☑☑
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: CONTRITE
A) Smart. B) Restful
C) Penitent. D) Recognized
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C.Penitent....✔✔
�������� See You Later Guys ������������
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ��Error detection����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Standing at (a)/the top of the hill(b)/the houses below were hardly visible.(c)/ne(d)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The boy laid in the shelter(a)/for a long time before (b)/somebody came to rescue him.(c)ne(d)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅lay
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: She is confident(a)/to win the gold medal (b)/this time.(c)/ne(d)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅of winning
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: I wish I am (a)/the richest person(b)/in the whole wide world.(c)/ne(d)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅
��Fill the blanks����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The national anthem is ........ .at every official function..
Uttered. Sung
Whispered. Chanted
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Chanted✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Mr. Kumar put his whole life ..... .....the work.
On in
Into. Upon
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Into✅✅✅put into
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: For all his.........he is a ...........
1.Wealth..miser
2.Health....player
3.Tricks....cheat
4.Stupidity....fool
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1..wealth .miser✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A man of straw means...
1.an unreasonable person
2.a man of no substance
3.a very active person
4.a worthy fellow
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 2✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Let sleeping dogs lie.
1.Dogs can raise tempers.
2.Do not allow dogs to stand.
3.Prevent dog mobility.
4.Do not bring up an old controversial issue.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 4✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B..pragmatic✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Bouquet✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: If you have roses growing in your garden ,you can make a lovely...........of flowers at home.
bouqutte. bucqete
bouquete.
...bouquet
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Student-parking should be .........;students should not be charged to buy parking stickers.
fined. free
costly.. cheap
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Free✅✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Being.........the judge gave gave a favourable verdict.
Sagacious. pugnacious. .malicious. tenacious
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Tenacious = stubborn, adamant
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Sagacious✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Raj was tired of Puja's ........ approach,so he asked her to make her final decision by that evening..
Silly-willy. dilly-daliy
wasting. dilly-nally
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Dilly-daliy✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ria is.... . . .. ...at speaking languages. It is difficult to ........only one puppy for animal shelter .
Adept.adapt. adapt.adapt.
adept.adopt
adapt.adopt
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Adept. Adopt✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ��Error detection����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: In India (A)/working woman lead a life of dual responsibilities(B)/if they are married and have a family. (c)/no errors.(D)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Many overseas students(A)/attended colleges (B)/in the great Britain (C)/no errors
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Greatly to our surprise(A)/we find the ringleader(B)/was lame.(C)/no errors(D)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅remove ''the''
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A..✅✅great
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The teacher made the boys (A)/to do the sum (B)/all over again.(C)/no errors.(D)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: They have (A)/played a game(B)/last week.(C)/no errors.(d)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅remove to
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅remove have
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: As an artist (A)/Raju is as good (B)/if not better than Ramesh.(C)no errors(D)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅so good
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The scientists (A)/could not hardly (B)/Complete all the experimentz.(C)no errors(D)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅could hardly
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The Hindu article words..
abuzz(noisy,गूँजता हुआ)
treading(crush,कुचलना)
unanimous(complete agreement,सर्वसम्मति)
outcry(shout,शोर)
punitive(punishable,दंडात्मक)
paradigm(image,प्रतिमान)
rigid(strict,सख्त)
redundant(unnecessary,अनावश्यक)
impediment(problem,बाधा)
clamour(loud demand,जोरदार माँग)
antagonism(enmity,शत्रुता)
dismantle(break,विखंडन)
dismayed(shocked,हतास)
dire(terrible,भीषण)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The Hindu editorial..
Welcome step on oilfields
The government has taken a refreshing and progressive approach with respect to the unutilised natural resources locked away in the 69 small and marginal oilfields lying with the state-owned exploration agencies. The Union Cabinet has not only approved the auction of these oilfields to private, and even foreign, companies, but also initiated a new approach in the licensing and proceeds-sharing mechanisms. The first step was to move from a profit-sharing mechanism to arevenue-sharing one. This may appear to be a technical difference, but the effect on the ground is likely to be huge. The profit-sharing approach meant the government had to pore over the cost details of those undertaking the exploration, often leading to extended delays and disputes. The revenue-sharing approach is simpler, and is likely to earn the government more money. Under the new plan, companies will be allowed to sell crude oil or natural gas at market prices, without any interference from the government. The revenue and royalty-sharing mechanism will be pegged at this market rate. If companies are forced to sell at below-market prices, then the government will still get a royalty share pegged at the market rate. If, however, the company manages to sell at higher-than-market prices, then the sharing mechanism will be pegged to this higher price. That’s a win-win for the government: less oversight and an assured minimum income.
The other welcome step has to do with thelicensing method. At present, companies need a separate licence to exploit each of the different hydrocarbon resources in a given field. Under the new scheme, they will receive a unified licence for all hydrocarbons, including conventional ones such as oil and gas, and non-conventional ones such as shale oil and shale gas. This goes a long way in the government’s move towards enhancing the ease of doing business. Apart from that, the simple act of auctioning oilfields is a step towards weaning India away from oil imports. The Oil Ministry says there are hydrocarbon resources worth Rs.70,000 crore lying unutilised in these fields. At the current crude price of $45 a barrel, the production of hydrocarbons from these new fields will be worth around Rs.3,500 crore a year. This may seem like a drop in the bucket compared to India’s total hydrocarbon imports of Rs.7.6 lakh crore in 2014-15, but every little drop counts. So far, these progressive steps are limited to the 69 oilfields on the block, but hopefully they will be extended to all the oilfields in the country. With growth in oil production slowing and natural gas production contracting, there is a sore need for steps like these to boost domestic production.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Hindu editorial
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Chasing black money, with UN help
The promise made by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the run-up to the general election in 2014, that if it won it would bring back all Indian black money, estimated in billions of dollars and stashed(hidden,छुपा हुआ) in foreign banks, has remained unfulfilled. The explanation is that the matter is complicated and embroiled(entangled,उलझा हुआ) in the domestic laws of several countries.
After the party and the coalition won, the move to create a special investigative team of former judges and current regulators to find the concealed assets, estimated to be as much as $2 trillion, and the revelation of some names of Indian offenders have not led to much. Neither the details of the efforts made nor the responses of the countries concerned are in the public domain. The names, which have been revealed in bits and pieces, are mostly of relatively unknown people, who in turn have denied that their money is black. The reason for this impasse is that the holding countries are extremely reluctant(unwilling,अनिच्छुक) to part with black money and they have used every conceivable(imaginable,कल्पनीय) argument to block its release. Even the countries requesting for information should share a part of the blame because they have not been transparent in their efforts for political reasons.
A convention of value
All this reminds me of the tough negotiations on the subject in Vienna, Austria, in 2003 as a vital part of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), and which were very revealing. The outcome was not very satisfactory from the point of view of the countries, mostly the developing ones, which had sought a framework to locate and return these assets to their legitimate owners. But there exists a body of provisions in the convention, extracted through hard negotiations, which can be applied to recover black money. If implemented in good faith, the convention should be of immense(large,विशाल) value to countries where corrupt high officials have plundered(looted,लूटा हुआ) natural wealth, and where new governments badly need these resources to reconstruct and rehabilitate their societies. The then Secretary General of the UN, Kofi A. Annan, expressed the hope that “it makes a major breakthrough by requiring Member States to return assets obtained through corruption to the country from which they were stolen.”
The rich countries hit upon the idea of UNCAC to castigate(condemn,फटकारना) the developing countries for misusing aid money through corrupt practices. [UNCAC complements another instrument, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and introduces a comprehensive set of standards, measures and rules that all countries can apply in order to strengthen their legal and regulatory regimes to fight corruption.] They wanted to introduce conditionalities of good governance to block aid to certain countries and to limit aid to others. In a strong reaction, the issue of black money being held by certain developed countries was brought in to show that the keepers of black money were as guilty as those who had deposited it abroad. When a debate on the issue became inevitable(necessary,आवश्यक), Austria, for instance, sought to chair the related working group on assets held abroad and this was conceded. But the working group made no progress as Austria and Switzerland stuck to the position that their internal laws were supreme. Finally, India, as the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee, was asked to chair the group and a breakthrough was achieved after days of tough negotiations.
Principle of asset recovery
As the chairman of the working group, I was confronted with the issue of reconciling the legitimate interests of the countries (which demanded the return of their assets illegally amassed(collect,जमा) abroad by their citizens) with the legal and procedural safeguards of the countries that had a vested interest in retaining the assets in their banks. While the first group of countries clearly argued that the assets should be returned as soon as their ownership was established, the second group of countries had concerns about protecting the rights of the depositors and the assurances of secrecy given.
The first breakthrough came when the group established asset recovery as a “fundamental principle” of the convention. Then it was only a matter of laying a framework, in both civil and criminal law, for tracing, freezing, forfeiting(lose,खोना) and returning funds obtained through corrupt activities. The provisions finally accepted were for supporting the efforts of the countries to recover the assets and for sending out a message to corrupt officials that they would not have a safe haven where they could stash away the fruits of their corrupt practices.
What the convention accomplished — and the credit for this goes to both sides — was that legal obstacles(problem,बाधा) should be tackled with international cooperation rather than by domestic laws. Though the two sides took extreme positions initially, the need for compromise and cooperation became clear in the spirit of the whole convention, which was designed to end corruption around the globe. Both sides realised, as we plodded(walk heavily,मुश्किल से चलना) on, that without the clauses on assets recovery, the entire convention would fall.
An important sticking point was the insistence of the assets holding countries that it was not enough for the countries making claims to establish that the assets belonged to them. They had to establish also that the assets were illegally obtained before they were transferred to a foreign country. These countries said that it would be difficult to obtain evidence to prove this because of the very nature of the accretion(accumulation,संचयन) of assets by people in power. For instance, most of them were dictators who did not leave any trace of evidence of the methods they had used. The eventual compromise was that the assets could be transferred back if the receiving country was the legitimate owner of property acquired through or involved in the commission of offences established in accordance with the convention.
Some of the relevant provisions of the convention are crucial to the question of recovery of assets. It provides that each state party shall take such measures as may be necessary to permit its competent authorities to give effect to an order of confiscation(seized,जब्ती) issued by a court of another state party. It also provides for the provisional freezing or seizing of property where there are sufficient grounds for taking such actions in advance of a formal request being received.
The countries that hold assets have been given special responsibilities such as enhanced scrutiny(examine,जाँच) of accounts deposited by those entrusted with prominent public functions to detect suspicious transactions. They are also required to share information with the competent authorities of another state, when necessary, to investigate, claim and recover proceeds of offences.
The UN, through its Office on Drugs and Crime, which leads the fight against illicit drugs and international crime, has been given the responsibility to implement the convention, particularly its assets recovery provisions. But how effective UN assistance is in legal battles in which the holding countries have a vested interest is uncertain. The negotiations showed that they would not part with these assets easily and that they would fight tooth and nail legally before any assets were returned.
Many legal treatises have been written on the provisions of the convention, but the convention was made possible by a political compromise wherein the developed countries obtained a strong convention against corruption in return for conceding that illegally obtained wealth deposited abroad would be returned to its legal owners. In fact, many developing countries signed and ratified UNCAC because of its assets recovery provisions.
Refining India’s approach
In the case of India, difficulties may have arisen not in establishing that the sums amassed abroad belong to India, but in proving that the assets were illegally obtained. Our authorities may do well to use the records of the debate in Vienna to prove the strength of the argument by many countries that proof of illegality of acquisition should not be insisted upon. Strictly speaking, this had no relevance to the issue of the return of assets as long as it was evident that they belonged to the countries claiming them. This condition was accepted only because of the insistence that banking regulations in many countries would not permit the return of assets without this.
The actual recovery since the adoption of the convention has fallen far short of expectations. Only $276.3 million of assets were recovered in 2006-2009 and $147.2 million in 2010-2012 as against the estimated $20 billion to $40 billion stolen every year. In view of this, the parties to the convention have set up a working group to assist in the implementation of the assets recovery provisions of the convention. A working paper prepared for its next meeting in early September this year has listed a large number of legal issues, which need to be addressed. These include the domestic management and disposal of seized and confiscated assets and the management of the return and disposal of assets recovered in the context of international corruption cases. These are the same issues which remained ambivalent(unsure,अनिश्चित्त) at the time of the negotiations.
But the unspoken truth is that the countries making the requests are not inclined to expose the depositors by revealing the modalities of corrupt practices and the countries that have been requested have a vested interest in not returning the assets to their rightful owners. A disconnect persists between national commitments and the actual behaviour of countries at the international level.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: European Union needs to accept migration is intrinsic to Homo sapiens
What news stories and numbers could not do, one photograph of a three-year-old Syrian toddler washed up on a beach in Turkey did. It shook the European Union from its apathy about folk who perish while fleeing to safer havens. European Union leaders now sheepishly accept their failure to alleviate the plight of these desperate people. In the first eight months of 2015, 3,50,000 people migrated to Europe by sea, higher than the 2014 record of 2,19,000, reflecting the distress in Syria, Iraq, northern Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan and so on. Germany and Sweden keep their doors relatively open; Hungary has the most liberal policy regarding immigrants: of all Schengen nations, it hosts the highest numbers of asylumseekers as a percentage of its population. The rest of the European Union should learn from it.
An open-door policy helps host nations. Opinion is near-unanimous that immigrants work harder than locals, bring new knowledge and skills, and add to the national productivity. The best example, of course, is America, a nation built, nurtured and made prosperous by successive waves of immigration. This is an acceptance of the reality of human evolution, and our global spread. Our ancestors travelled out of Africa ages ago. Over millennia, this relatively physically feeble creature populated continents and crossed oceans. The urge to migrate — whether from distress or for better opportunities — is part of our nature. This should inform policies on immigration.
We and our neighbours have to evolve, instead of playing politics about ‘illegal’ immigrants and citizenship. We must stop playing political football with Bengalispeaking Muslims in the northeast and Chakmas, a relatively small Buddhist population spread along Bangladesh, Tripura and Mizoram. The latter’s Christian majority persecutes Chakmas and made them stateless.
Tripura, in contrast, has been a generous host. Close by, Buddhist-majority Burma persecutes Rohingyas, Muslim natives of the Arakan Hills shared between Bangladesh and Burma. Emulate the US (in its formative state, not its present, Trumped up one), not North Korea.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ������ Synonyms ������
ATTENUATE
A) Appear. B) Be absent
C) Weaken. D) Tastify
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Weaken...✔
@Reshu..����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ATROCITY
A) Session. B) Fortitude
C) Heinous Act. D) Session
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C. Heinous Act..✔✔
Meaning:-The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ATROPHY
A) Govern. B) Award prize
C) Capture. D) Waste away
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D. Waste away..✔✔
AUXILIARY
A) Assistant. B) Archaic
C) Righteous. D) Prospective
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ A. Assistant..
BANAL
A) Trite. B) Heedless
C) Dramatic. D) Philosophical
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Trite ...✔✔
ABUT
A) Oppose. B) Stimulate
C) Grasp. D) Adjoin
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ D.Adjoin...
ABORTIVE
A) Unsuccessful. B) Familiar
C) Financing. D) Consuming
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔ A.Unsuccessful..
Meaning:-Failing to accomplish an intended result
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ACCLIVITY
A) Report. B) Index
C) Upslope of a hill. D) Negotiator
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C. Upslope of a hill..✔
DENIGRATE
A) Refuse. B) Admit
C) Terrify. D) Blacken
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D. Blacken...✔✔
DENOUNCEMENT
A) Action. B) Resort
C) Solution. D) Scenery
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔A. Action...
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: EDIFY
A) Improve. B) Erect
C) Suffice. D) Mystify
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A.Improve...✔✔
@suresh...����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: EFFACE
A) Recognize. B) Rub out
C) Encourage. D) Countenance
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ B... Rub out
EFFIGY
A) Charge. B) Organ
C) Dummy. D) Requisition
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ C... Dummy...
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: GNOME
A) Fury. B) Giant
C) Native. D) Dwarf
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D... Dwarf...✔✔
INFIRMITY
A) Age. B) Hospital
C) Inoculation. D) Disability
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D...Disablity....✔✔
GIST
A) Chaff. B) Summery
C) Expiation. D) Expostulation
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔ B...Summery...
NASCENT
A) Loyal. B) Ignorant
C) Treacherous. D) Incipient
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔ D...Incipient...
MUNDANE
A) Global. B) Futile
C) Worldly. D) Spatial
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔ C. Worldly...
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: PLAINTIVE
A) Rural. B) Moumful
C) Senseless. D) Persistent
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ Mournful....
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: TEPID
A) Boiling. B) Gaseous
C) Freezing. D) Luckewarm
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔ D..Luckewarm...
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: MIASMA
A) Quantity. B) Dream
C) Noxious Fumes. D) Scenario
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ C.... Noxious fumes...
MOLLIFY
A) Avenge. B) Appease
C) Attenuate. D) Attribute
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ B..Appease...
MORIBUND
A) Dying. B) Controlling
C) Fabricating. D) Trenchant
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A. Dying.... ✔✔
MULCT
A) Record. B) Hold
C) Swindle. D) Pring
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C... Swindle..✔✔
FUROR
A) Flux. B) Worry
C) Anteroom. D) Excitement
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔ D... Excitement...
GARRULITY
A) Senility. B) Credulity
C) Loquaciousness. D) Speciousness
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔C... Loquaciousness
GADFLY
A) Bum. B) Scholar
C) Humorist. D) Nuisance
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D... Nuisance...✔✔
EMBROIL
A) Cherish. B) Entangle
C) Assure. D) Overheat
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: FOPPISH
A) Scanty. B) Radical
C) Dandyish. D) Orthodox
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ B...Entangle
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D.. Dandyish... ✔✔
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: "Foolhardy"
A) Brave. B) Strong
C) Unwise. D) Futile
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: In SB ka mtlb kya hota hai... Plz ye bhi bta dijiae ans k sath
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Okay...
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: FORMIDABLE
A) Dangerous. B) Outlandish
C) Grandiloquent. D) Impenetrable
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ C..Unwise...
Foolhardy:-Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ A..Dangerous...
Formidable:-Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: INDOLENCE
A) Poverty. B) Aptitude
C) Sloth. D) Latitude
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C..Sloth. ✔✔
Indolence:- Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work (Laziness)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: IGNENUOUS
A) Clever. B) Naive
C) Worried. D) Stimulating
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Chennai is BY THE WAY a cosmopolitan city
A. By the by
B. By and large
C. On the large
D. No improvement
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ✔✔ Cleaver.... sorry spelling is ingenious
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ���� Start with sentence improvement ����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: You should not BOASTING OF your achievements
A. Boast for
B. Boast at
C. Boast of
D. No improvement
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: He parked his vehicle UNDER the shadow of a tree
A. On
B. In
C. Beneath
D. No imp.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: She doesn't mind TO BE DISTURBED
A. Being disturbed
B. To being disturbed
C. Being disturbing
D. No imp.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Exercising is BENEVOLENT to good health
A. Beneficial
B. Beneficent
C. Bounteous
D. No imp.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ���� Arrangement of sentences ����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1. Determination
P. In the blood
Q. Is a potential
R. Of ferritin level
S. Iron deficiency, anaemia and iron toxicity
A. RPQS
B. PQRS
C. SRQP
D. RPSQ
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1. He couldn't rise
A. All at once, in the distance, he heard an elephant trumpet
B. He tried again with all his might but to no use
C. The next moment he was on his feet
D. He stepped into the river
2. It was colder than usual
A. PQSR
B. PRQS
C. QPRS
D. QPSR
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1. Paucity of funds
P. Universities cannot make
Q. Essential like books
R. Sufficient expenditure on
D. Ordains that the
6. Journals and equipment
A. QPRS
B. SPRQ
C. PQRS
D. QSRP
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1. And then word
P. Came from inside
Q. Meet the released civilians
R. That after all
S. The press could
6. But fleetingly
A. RSQP
B. SRPQ
C. PRSQ
D. RPQS
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: All correct...��������
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ���� Fill in the blanks ����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Nadheeka was musing ...... memories of the past
A. Over
B. About
C. On
D. From
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Each school has it's own set of rules ....... all good pupils should follow them.
A. But
B. Or
C. So
D. And
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: It was his ........ that led him to penury.
A. Flamboyance
B. Arrogance
C. Extravagance
D. Ebullience
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Independent classes are joined by "and" more over there is no contrast
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Unhappy about the treatment meted out to her, shanti ....... demanded justice.
A. Sumptuously
B. Voraciously
C. Spasmodically
D. Vociferously
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
Vociferously means expressing your feelings in a confident way
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: He was caught red-handed and could not ...... the charges.
A. Refute
B. Refuse
C. Rebuke
D. Revoke
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A person who ....... on his own effort has the best chance to win.
A. Makes
B. Puts
C. Relies
D. Runs
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
Refute bole toh "to prove that something is wrong"
������
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The campers ..... their tents at the base of the mountains.
A. Established
B. Grounded
C. Installed
D. Pitched
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The manager needs to hold ...... his anger.
A. On
B. With
C. Down
D. Back
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ���� One word substitution ����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls-
A. Entomologist
B. Psephologist
C. Demogogue
D. Eugenist
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: All correct...��������
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Words written on a tomb-
A. Epithet
B. Epigraph
C. Soliloquy
D. Epitaph
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Call upon god or any other power for help or protection-
A. Invocation
B. Involution
C. Inundation
D. Revocation
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes-
A. Wile
B. Yokel
C. Wag
D. Aeon
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: One who deserts his principles or party-
A. Apostle
B. Proselyte
C. Renegade
D. Critic
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Fear of closed space-
A. Claustrophobia
B. Aquaphobia
C. Botanophobia
D. Kleptomania
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A person who helps even a stranger in difficulty-
A. Samaritan
B. Altruist
C. Philanthropist
D. Beneficiary
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Apostate = renegade
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Politicians are notorious for doing undue favour to their relatives-
A. Pluralism
B. Nepotism
C. Dualism
D. Polarism
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody-
A. Foundling
B. Sibling
C. Urchin
D. Orphan
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Salacious-
A. Angry
B. Unhappy
C. Satisfied
D. Lustful
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ���� Now Synonyms ����
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Adorn-
A. Trust
B. Writer
C. Suspect
D. Beautify
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
Adorn means to make something look more attractive by decorating it
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Irrevocable-
A. Changed
B. Done
C. Unalterable
D. Movement
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Flaunt-
A. Cut
B. Deceive
C. Exhibit
D. Blame
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
Irrevocable means that cannot be changed...final
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Culmination-
A. Conclusion
B. Climax
C. Abyss
D. Cultivation
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
Flaunt means to show something you are proud of to other people
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Knack-
A. Dexterity
B. Awkwardness
C. Clumsiness
D. Disability
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
Culmination means end of something
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
Knack means a special skill that you can learn
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Knavish-
A. Honourable
B. Noble
C. Trustworthy
D. Unscrupulous
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Innocuous-
A. Careless
B. Harmless
C. Insufficient
D. Irresponsible
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
Knavish means without moral principles
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: B✅✅✅
Innocuous means not intended to offend or upset anyone
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ingenuous-
A. Innocent
B. Artful
C. Cunning
D. Clever
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Labyrinth-
A. Meandering
B. Rotating
C. Pacing
D. Wriggling
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
Labyrinth means a complicated series of paths which it is difficult to find your way through
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
Ingenuous means willing to trust people
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Nw identify the correctly spelt word...
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A. Psychiotrist
B. Punctillious
C. Pursuanse
D. Pseudonym
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: D✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A. Assessment
B. Rudiement
C. Retrechement
D. Bereavment
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A. Misogynist
B. Momentery
C. Monotheeism
D. Morotorium
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A. Lision
B. Benine
C. Aqueous
D. Bavine
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: C✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: A✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Toh janaab kuch error correction ho jaaye ab...������
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Nobody came/1 to help him/2 when he was/3 struggling. Did he?/4 no error/5.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 4th part...replace "he" by "they"
When there is use of nobody/somebody/ anybody, we use plural subjct
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Don't invite/1 such students/2 who have no doubt/3 for others/4. no error/5
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: After you will return/1 from chennai/2 I will come and see you/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 2nd part..."as" instead of "who"
Exp- "such" alwayz takes "as'
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Females/1 are not appointed/2 in our college/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 1st part...after you return
Exp- when two events possible in future, 1st part of sentence shud be in present indefinite and 2nd in future
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Being/1 a rainy day/2 I could not go out/3 No error
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 3rd part.."to" instead of "in"
Exp- word "appoint" takes preposition "to"
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: He walked/1 till the/2 end of the street/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 2nd part..."to" instead of "till"
Exp- "till" is used to denote time...so here it can't be used
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 1st part...sentence lacks in subject
"It" shud be used as subject here
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: I am able/1 to cope up with/2 all these difficulties/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 2nd part....the use of "up" with "cope" is superfluous...hence "to cope with" is corrct
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The reason why/1 he was rejected/2 was because he was too young/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 3rd part..."that" instead of "because"
Exp- After such openings "the reason is/the reason why"...the clause, containing the reason must not begin with "because" but with "that"
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The Mason will not/1 do the work/2 except give the order/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 3rd part..."rather" instead of "except"
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Nw the last one..
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ram disappointed his mother/1 as he did not/2 write to her very often/3 No error/4
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Ans- 4th...no error
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Thanx fr ur participation in quiz..performed well...keep trying....God bless u
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ��FILL UPS��
1 A hobby is an activity of interest.............. for pleasure. It helps to break the monotony & tedium of our..........routine
A chased.....Tired
B Tracked......ordinary
C pursued.....humdrum
D followed....lifeless
2 The .........growth of Indian agriculture in the last three decades has earned.........from other countries.
A active....approval
B vigorous....honor
C intense....distinction
D dynamic....accolades
3 College going students should.........the spirit of service from the great men of.........
A imbibe....yore
B consume....antiquity
C intake.....wisdom
D absorb.....history
4 The planting of trees on the..........of town & villages helps the..........of a country
A area...agriculture
B horizon...growth
C outskirts....afforestation
D space... revenue
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: �� ANSWERS
1C✅✅
2D✅✅
3A✅✅
4C✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Synonyms
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 1. Reminiscent
A similar
B reminding
C forget
Dobvious
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Reminding✅✅
2) Stymied
A process
B covered
C assist
D hindered
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Hindered✅✅
3 Mutiny
A rebellion
Bobey
Cstagnation
Dhumble
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Rebillion✅✅✅
Stagination-inactivity
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 4 Inexorable
A inspiring
B continuous
C energetic
D plenty
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Continuous✅✅✅
5 Diverse
A varied
B opposite
C deviate
D split
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Varied✅✅
6 Quest
A escape
B retreat
C solution
D pursuit
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Pursuit✅✅
7 Fancy
A certainity
B imagination
C reality
D plain
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Imagination✅✅
8 Spawned
A stop
B halt
C produced
Dkill
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Produced✅✅
9 Ridiculous
A absurd
B serious
C sensible
D embarrassing
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Absurd✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 10 Casuistry
A surety
B fact
C evidence
D sophistry
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Sophistry✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Causistry means the usage of deceptive arguments to trick people
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 11 Looms
A abase
B vanish
C appears
D reduce
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: 12 Stem
A encourage
B abet
C check
D revert
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Appears✅✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Check✅✅
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Sorry guyz i m busy...i will like 2 continue quiz tmr...i m really very sorry...ty��
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Nice Sysnonyms...�������� ��������
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The Hindu article words...
mobilisation(assembling,संघटन)
iniquitous(sinful,wicked,अन्यायपूर्ण)
discrimination(unfair treatment,भेदभाव)
absurd(illogical,बेतुके)
notions(opinion,मत)
heinous(wicked,जघन्य)
oppressive(suppress,दमन)
innate(natural,सहज)
consequences(result,परिणाम)
elites(specific,विशिष्ट वर्ग)
accrue(receive,प्राप्त होना)
paradoxical(self contradictory,विरोधाभास)
fringes(outer boundary,बाहरी सीमा)
mired(get stuck,फॅसा होना)
enormous(big,विशाल)
triggers(active,सक्रिय)
sullen(illnatured,बदमिज़ाज़)
animosity(feeling of ill will,दुश्मनी की भावना)
resentment(bitterness,नाराजगी)
accentuated(emphasis,जोर देना)
snowballing(increase rapidly,तेज़ी से बढ़ना)
primordial(early days,आदिम काल)
fallacious(fraudulent,दोषयुक्त)
mitigate(lessen,कम)
ramshackle(damaged,जर्जर)
adequate(enough,पर्याप्त)
vanish(disappear,लुप्त)
vigorous(energetic,सशक्त)
egalitarianism(equality,समानतावाद)
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: The Hindu editorial..
Friendly signal
The Union government’s decision to waive, through an amendment to the Income Tax Act, minimum alternate tax (MAT) liability on capital gains made by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) is a welcome move, especially from their point of view. It is in line with the spirit of the promise in the BJP’s manifesto for the 2014 general elections to put an end to “tax terrorism”. The announcement and the subsequent instructions issued to the tax department to keep in abeyance, till the appropriate amendment is carried out, pending proceedings and to not pursue the recovery of outstanding demands in such cases is a big relief to FIIs. In these times of heightened uncertainty in the global financial markets, when risk appetite of investors is especially low, the government’s decisions would serve to restore some of the lost faith of investors in India as an investment destination that doesn’t resort to “retrospective taxation”. But to further demonstrate its resolve, the government must also move to rein in the tax department, which had served notices on 68 FIIs for MAT dues adding up to about Rs.600 crore on the basis of a direction from the Authority for Advance Rulings in 2012 to a Mauritius-based investor Castleton. In 2010, this investor had approached the Authority seeking a confirmation that it was not required to pay MAT on a transaction it was planning to execute. The department has been in too many disputes with global companies such as Vodafone and Cairn, some of which have even dragged India into international arbitration. It has been said that India’s image as an investment destination has suffered as a result.
The same way as the government has taken a position on and dispelled the uncertainty around MAT, it must quickly make up its mind and come out with an announcement on another outstanding issue, concerning participatory notes (P-Notes). India’s indecision on this matter is affecting FIIs. The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team has asked regulators to put in place regulations to identify individuals holding P-Notes and take other steps to curb black money and tax evasion through the stock market route. P-Notes are offshore derivative instruments that a large number of FIIs use to park funds in the equity market without disclosing their identity to Indian regulators. The tax authorities suspect that a huge chunk of these investments could in fact be Indian money masquerading as foreign funds. The government had said it won’t immediately act on the recommendation after the stock markets reacted sharply to news on it. But sooner or later it will have to decide what has to be done, given that action against black money too was a big election-time promise of the BJP. The MAT experienceshows that sooner is better than later.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: ***** THE PHOBIA LIST *****
1. Acrophobia- Fear of heights
2. Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
3. Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
4. Dystychiphobia- Fear of
accidents.
5. Electrophobia- Fear of
electricity.
6. Felinophobia- Fear of cats.
7. Genophobia- Fear of sex.
8. Harpaxophobia- Fear of being
robbed.
9. Insectophobia - Fear of
insects.
10. Japanophobia- Fear of
Japanese.
11. Kakorrhaphiopho bia- Fear
of failure or defeat.
12. Logizomechanoph obia-
Fear of computers.
13. Mastigophobia- Fear of
punishment.
14. Noctiphobia- Fear of the
night.
15. Ophidiophobia- Fear of
snakes.
16. Phasmophobia- Fear of
ghosts.
17. Quadrataphobia - Fear of
quadratic equations
18. Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting
wrinkles.
19. Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese,
Chinese culture.
20. Triskaidekaphob ia- Fear of
the number 13.
21. Urophobia- Fear of urine or
urinating.
22. Venustraphobia- Fear of
beautiful women.
23. Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches
and witchcraft.
24. Xenoglossophobi a- Fear of
foreign languages.
25. Ymophobia - Fear of
contrariety
26. Zoophobia- Fear of animals.
[18:21, 9/6/2015] R.K.⚡������: Editorial����
unravelling of the janta parivar
Splits in political parties are the inevitable consequences of their growth and evolution. But the merger of parties, when it happens, is invariably artificial, forced by the transient expediency of immediate circumstances. The Samajwadi Party, the Janata Dal(United), the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the Janata Dal(Secular) came together under the Janata Parivar umbrella only because they suffered decimation at the BJP’s hands in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Other than a common rival, there was little that bound them together. Now, with the Samajwadi Party pulling out of the ‘grand alliance’ in Bihar with the JD(U) and the RJD, the Janata Parivar faces the prospect of unravelling. Although the SP does not have much clout in Bihar, its inclusion in the alliance in the State was crucial in the context of attempts to project a national-level alternative to the BJP. After the JD(U) and the RJD in Bihar between them took 200 of the 243 seats for contesting in the upcoming Assembly elections, and gave 40 to the Congress, the expectation was that the SP would be accommodated by the RJD from its quota of seats. But the RJD’s offer did not go far enough: two from its own quota of 100 seats, and three from that of the NCP, which had exited the alliance. Now the formation will remain largely Bihar-specific. The SP does not need the backing of the JD(U) or the RJD or the JD(S) in Uttar Pradesh; the JD(S), similarly, will not benefit in any manner from the support of the other parties in Karnataka, the only State where it has a substantial presence. The two parties that really need each other are the JD(U) and the RJD, and only their alliance is likely to endure, if at all.
What prompted SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to jeopardise the Janata Parivar by walking out of the alliance in Bihar for the sake of a few seats is unclear. But evidently it was obvious to the SP that the vision of an alternative to both the BJP and the Congress at the national level was no more than a chimera. In Bihar, the RJD and the JD(U) wooed the Congress but took the SP for granted. Both the RJD’s Lalu Prasad and the JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar knew what they were doing: trying to win the election in Bihar and not worrying about a national alternative to the BJP and the Congress. But in so doing they seem to have left the SP miffed. Clearly, parties that cannot even come to an understanding on seat adjustment will not be able to merge into a single entity. The SP’s exit might not point to the success or failure of the grand anti-BJP alliance in Bihar, but it signals that another 1970s-like Janata experiment at the national level is doomed to fail.
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