VARC ONLINE QUESTION OF THE DAY - 06.01.15

A gradual recovery is ____________1_____ for the Indian economy and the country is expected to clock a GDP growth of 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal and 6.6 per cent in FY16, says a Nomura report. According to the global financial services firm, the recovery is likely to get support from easing inflationary pressures and measures towards economic reforms. India's manufacturing PMI rose to a two-year high in December, led by rise in both domestic and export new orders, while output growth from six core infrastructure industries rose 6.7 per cent y-o-y in November — all suggesting a likely rebound in November industrial production, the Japanese ________2_________ firm said. "We expect the economy to gradually recover in 2015 with real GDP growth of 5.5 per cent y-o-y in FY15 (year-end March 2015) and 6.6 per cent in FY16," Sonal Varma, India economist at Nomura, said in a research note. On prices, the report said input costs have ____3_____________ due to lower commodity prices, which along with still-subdued demand, has kept output prices stable. Nomura, however, noted that the period of a positive base effect on CPI inflation is over and CPI inflation is expected to rise from 4.4 per cent y-o-y in November to 5.5-6.0 per cent in the next three months, before ___________4______ back towards 5 per cent after March. "Overall, we expect CPI inflation to undershoot the RBI's January 2016 target of 6 per cent. We pencil in a 25 bp repo rate cut in both April and June (to 7.5 per cent), followed by a pause," Varma added. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in the monetary policy review meet in December, 2014, had kept interest rate unchanged, saying that a shift in stance is 'premature' but hinted that a cut may come early next year if inflation continues to ease and government acts on the fiscal side. Accordingly, the repo rate continues to be at 8 per cent while the cash reserve ratio has also been ________5_________ at 4 per cent.

1 A) (not understanding anything)
B) slightly different version of
C) confuse
D) underway:
E) avoiding

2. :
A) could not tell them apart
B) predicts
C) being failed/being broken into
D) brokerage
E) (try to attract or interest)

3. :
A) make dirty
B) moderated
C) preferred the
D) bad behaviors
E) knives

4. 
A) terrible
B) quick look
C) ruin the reputation of/prove false
D) moderating:
E) remove mistakes

5.
A) (separates into different areas)
B) talk quietly and unclearly
C) fact-filled stories or films (about an event or person)
D) retained:
E) gave no sign