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Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.

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Every one will admit that swindling ones fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it, is based really sound commercial success ___________.

A. sell what you cannot buy back

B. buy what you will sell to another at a higher price

C. buy cheap and sell dear

D. sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor

Correct Answer :

C. buy cheap and sell dear


Swindling means depriving someone of possession or money through deception or some act of deceiving. As the statement points out, it is considered a required or necessary thing to make money, or have commercial success. We have to pick the right option by saying what this tactic is based on. We have to pick what refers to taking someones money by deception.
Option (c) is right, because dear is also used to describe something that is expensive. Buying cheap and selling at a high cost is an act of swindling.
Option (a) is incorrect, because if there is an item which you cannot buy back from the one you sold it to, then you might get in trouble. It is also a tactic which companies apply, but this is not what the companies base their commercial success on, or it doesnt describe a policy which companies adopt.
Option (b) is wrong, because of a similar reason to option (a), but option (c) is more appropriate, as it says buy cheap and sell at a very high rate, but option (b) does not quite point to making that huge margin of profit.
Option (d) is wrong, because it means selling whatever you can, irrespective of the cost at which you bought it.

Related Questions

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Education is central because electronic networks and software-driven technologies are beginning to ___________ the economic barriers between nations.

A. break down

B. break

C. crumble

D. dismantle

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Among the factors_____ to the low productivity in agriculture, the first place is occupied by irregular water supply.

A. producing

B. showing

C. resulting

D. contributing

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The influence of the environment on man is revealed by an_____ study.

A. anthropological

B. ecological

C. epigraphic

D. numismatic

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In these bleak and depressing times of ___________ prices, non-performing governments and ___________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians , a lot to cheer about

A. escalating, increasing

B. spiralling, booming

C. spiralling, soaring

D. ascending, debilitating

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The stock market is very_____ at the moment.

A. sensible

B. sensitive

C. intensive

D. remunerative

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The organization takes its cue from the person on the top. I always told our business leaders their personal ___________ determined their organizations ___________.

A. serendipity, faux pas

B. predilection, despair

C. intensity, success

D. oddity, conformity

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The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously.

A. lacuna, dealt

B. issue, addressed

C. system, broken

D. continuation, suppressed

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Brands __________ decision-simplicity strategies make full use of available information to __________ where consumers are on the path of decisions making and direct them to the best market offers.

A. diluting, divulge

B. tempting, maintain

C. imputing, overdrive

D. pursuing, assess

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___________, the more they remain the same.

A. People all over the world change

B. The more people change

C. The more they are different

D. The less people change

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Today we have achieved a milestone by completing 60 years of independence. Its now the time for everyone or every Indian to undergo_________of the achievements we already made and also those that are to be still_________

A. self-introspection-achiver

B. self-examination-achieve

C. introspection-achieved

D. search-found

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He was ______ pertaining his innocence.

A. stridently

B. harshly

C. confidently

D. quickly

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AIDS is not a disease that can be___through the air or by insects.

A. circulated

B. transferred

C. transmitted

D. conducted

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The water transport project on the west coast is ____ to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and ___ a private party to operate the service.

A. scheduled, let

B. verge, permit

C. set, sanctions

D. bound, task

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It is inconceivable that in many schools children are subjected to physical _________ in the name of discipline.

A. violation

B. exercise

C. violence

D. security

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I had not expected to meet him; it was quite an ______ meeting.

A. organised

B. intentional

C. undesirable

D. accidental

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When people around you are losing their heads, it is very difficult to remain serene. It needs a lot of____.

A. patience

B. strength

C. courage

D. goodness

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Mr. Murugan has been in this college ________ 2010.

A. for

B. since

C. after

D. before

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The two brothers look so_____ that it is difficult to tell one from the other.

A. identical

B. same

C. similar

D. resembling

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Brands __________ decision-simplicity strategies make full use of available information to __________ where consumers are on the path of decisions making and direct them to the best market offers.

A. diluting, divulge

B. tempting, maintain

C. imputing, overdrive

D. pursuing, assess

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Education is an essential means of_________women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully_________ in the development process.

A. empower- include

B. empowering - participate

C. empowered - participating

D. empowerment - participate

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Football evokes a ___________ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___________ the nation.

A. tepid, boiling

B. lukewarm, electrifies

C. turbid, fascinating

D. apocryphal, genuinely fascinates

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Though one eye is kept firmly on the___________, the company now also promotes ___________ contemporary art.

A. present, experimental

B. future, popular

C. present, popular

D. market, popular

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Sometimes the greatest inventions ___________ an idea of startling simplicity.

A. stumbles upon

B. hinge upon

C. starves without

D. lacks

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Nordisk have recently ___________ a product called Glucometer.

A. started

B. commissioned

C. launched

D. begun

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The Defence Minister said today that the Government was determined to____the accord and tulfil the legitimate aspirations of the people.

A. implement

B. invest

C. practise

D. perform

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Nabeesa was not_____ by the criticism and paid no_____ even when her best friend talked against her.

A. threatened, warning

B. troubled, mind

C. deterred, heed

D. bothered, attention

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There is no ______ evidence to support your assertion.

A. facile

B. fictitious

C. facetious

D. factual

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___ about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to ___ over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps.

A. Worried, shift

B. Frantic, move

C. Troubled, jump

D. Concerned, switch

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The car we were travelling in _________ a mile from home.

A. broke off

B. broke down

C. broke into

D. broke up

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The organisation ___________ to popularise Indian classical music among the youth which has lost ___________ with its cultural roots.

A. endeavours, touch

B. wishes, interest

C. efforts, experience

D. exerts, intrigue