Verbal Ability Assessment

Q 1. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Just a _________ here, any increase in interest rates may impact the profitability of banks.

Q 2. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Even as he spoke, an/a ___________ between President Cleveland and the U.S. Senate over the annexation of Hawaii was in high spate, making it an extraordinary time for such observations.

Q 3. Rearrange the sentences to form a coherent paragraph

A. Under the Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 -- popularly called the Border Security Bill -- the US has hiked fee for certain categories of H-1B and L1 visas by at least USD 2,000 for the next five years.
B. Corporate America has come down heavily on all those in the US who, of late, have been alleging that Indian companies grab most of the H-1B work visas and take away American jobs.
C. US says the hike will help it foot nearly $550 million, out of the proposed expenditure of $650 million, on increasing security along the US-Mexico border.
D. Like India, American Inc has flayed the US government's move, which will hurt Indian IT companies the most, saying that the law would undermine investment relations with India.