Direction.
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 131-135) : Four statements are given below, labelled a, b, c and d. Among these, three statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.
A look at the historical data on forecasts made by the IMF in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) reports seems to suggest that optimism bias may be the bigger culprit.
The large negative forecast errors in the recession years skewed the historical averages.
Over the past few years, the growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have displayed one consistent pattern
Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias?
Correct Answer :
D. Has predicting the fate of the global economy become more difficult in a volatile post-crisis world, or does the IMF suffer from an inherent optimism bias?
This statement differs from IMF's optimism bias.
Related Questions
Please select the most appropriate option
If I have enough money I would have backpack around Europe. But unfortunately I was broken.
If I have had enough money, I would have done backpack around Europe. But, unfortunately I am broke.
If I had enough money I would backpack around Europe. But, unfortunately I am broke.
If I have enough money I would backpack around all over the Europe. But unfortunately I am broke.
Which of the following is not a primary function of a bank?
Facilitating import of goods
Remittance facility
Safe custody of articles
Foreign Exchange
Three pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 12 minutes, 18 minutes and 24 minutes respectively. The pipe R is closed 12 minutes before the tank is filled. In what time the tank is full?
Find the ratio between the no of students participated in Cricket & Football in 2001 to the total no of students participated in Cricket and Tennis in 2004 ?
20 : 17
65 : 63
60 : 43
55 : 52
The rate of inflation increases when the purchasing power of money___________ .
Decreases
Increases
Stable
Decrease just half
What is the Ramanujam committee constituted for?
To keep tab on the child trafficking
To check corruption in Banks
To oversee the foreign trade
To avoid obsolete laws
Which among the following is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure created by Microsoft?
Simple Storage Service
Atmos
Openstack Swift
Azure
A and B can do a piece of work in 24 and 30 days respectively. Both started the work and worked for 6 days. Then B leaves the work and C joins and the remaining work is completed by A and C together in 11 days. Find the days in which C alone can do the work
80
100
120
130
What was the % decrease in the no of players participating in Cricket in the year 2003 as compared to that in the year 2001 ?
45%
35%
25%
None of these
The term 'Zero Based Budgeting' refers to __________.
A specified sum of money authorized by the Legislature for a specific period of time
To ensure that every rupee spent is result oriented
A statutorily mandated form of reimbursement or upfront payment for state expenditures
A cost item for which payment is made by one state agency to another
Which of the following is true with respect to the given information ?
Mary Kom sits exactly between Abhinav Bindra and Dipa Karmakar
Sania Mirza faces immediate neighbour of Abhinav Bindra
Sathish is an immediate neighbour of Mary Kom
P.V.Sindhu faces Vacant seat
Which among the following is a recently debated principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication?
Comcast
Net Neutrality
Oblique-net
Net Fraternity
Find the average of total no of staff in all the dept ?
103.8
108.3
108.2
108
Alice Walkers The Temple of My Familiar, far from being a tight, focused Narrative, is instead a cheaper novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a halfmillion
traditional , a chronological
provocative , an insensitive
forceful , a concise
focused , an expansive
6 13 20 65 256 ?
1283
1756
2786
2686
Let us understand the definition of metaphysics, a purely speculative science, which occupies a completely isolated position and is entirely independent of the teachings of experience. It deals with mere conceptionsnot, like mathematics, with conceptions applied to intuitionand in it, reason is the pupil of itself alone. It is the oldest of the sciences. (_________________)
And it would struggle to survive without the architecture of mathematical support that it draws its strength from
Yet it continued to baffle mankind because of its abstractions
But it has never had and never will have the good fortune to attain to the sure scientific method
And it would still survive, even if all the rest were swallowed up in the abyss of an all-destroying barbarism
How is household savings related to overall economic growth? Give your answer in the context of the passage?
(A) Overall economic growth is directly related to household savings.
(B) Overall economic growth is inversely proportional to household savings.
(C) There is no specific relationship between overall economic growth and household savings.
Only (C)
Only (B)
Only (A)
Either (A) or (B)
The Mumbai Stock Exchange was set up in ____________.
1880
1930
1847
1875
When is the World Energy Conservation Day celebrated?
November 15
October 10
December 25
December 14
BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components, or hardware running beyond its specification limits. Which color screen is displayed when encountered a BSOD Error?
Red
Grey
Black
Blue
How much per cent of the Indian population have access to internet in India in 2015?
20 percent
23 percent
29 percent
26 percent
Though private ferry systems have made going to holy places easy, today many pilgrims died in a stampede while boarding a private ferry.
I. The state government should cancel the licenses of all such private ferry operators.
II. The state government should deploy some people to guide the pilgrims on their journey to the holy place.
If only course of action I follows
If only course of action II follows
If either course of action I or II follows.
If neither course of action I nor II follows.
Next day, millions of pilgrims are expected to take dip the Ganga at the holy place.
I. The state government should put a restriction on the number of people that can come to take dip each day.
II. During the next whole day, the state government should deploy personnel to maintain law and order.
If only course of action I follows
If only course of action II follows
If either course of action I or II follows.
If neither course of action I nor II follows.
8 litres are drawn from a flask containing milk and then filled with water. The operation is performed 3 more times. The ratio of the quantity of milk left and total solution is 81/625. How much milk the flask initially holds?
10 ltr
20 ltr
30 ltr
40 ltr
Two persons A and B invested in a business with 115000 and 75000 rupees respectively. They agree that 40% of the profit should be divided equally among them and rest is divided between them according to their investment. If A got 500 rupee more than B, then the total profit is.
3599.34
699.34
3958.34
999.34
Which of the following is the group of brothers ?
PQZ
PRZ
XZP
QRZ
Statement: You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation. - A line in an appointment letter.
Assumptions:
I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.
If only assumption I is implicit
If only assumption II is implicit
If either I or II is implicit
If both I and II are implicit.
Statements: Some roofs are figures. All figures are lions. All lions are goats. No tool is lion.
Conclusions:
I. Some tools are figures is a possibility.
II. All tools being goats is a possibility.
III. No roof is tool.
IV. Some goats are figures
Only II and IV follow
Only I and II follow
Only either I or II and IV follow
None follows.
Who among the following have seminar on Friday?
I, E
H, J
B, A
D, E
A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white marbles. Three marbles are drawn at random. What is the probability that they are not of the same colour ?
40/44
44/41
41/44
40/39