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Complete the following sentences with the most appropriate words/phrases with
reference to grammar, idioms, proverbs and syntax.
31. Fears of surging food prices are ___________________ because food stocks are
at a record high of 78 millions tonnes.
a.) baseless
b.) useless
c.) unreasonable
d.) unrequired
ANSWER : unreasonable
32. _____________ of a good monsoon and high rainfall in the first two weeks of
the season have further raised expectations on the food front.
a.) Forecasts
b.) Assumptions
c.) Expectation
d.) Presumption
ANSWER : Forecasts
33. Moreover, food prices have very little to do with food policies that allow
government to ____________huge amounts of grain, distort markets and derail
private trade.
a.) produce
b.) hoard
c.) hide
d.) thief
ANSWER : hoard
34. , grain prices soar despite record harvests and huge surplus stocks.
a.) At last
b.) Consequently
c.) Effectively
d.) Finally
ANSWER : Consequently
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