Question

State owned banks may lose ................ Government business if they ............. to fulfil their developmental role.

• A. valuable, compete
• B. approved, omit
• C. lucrative, fail
• D. significant, neglected
• E. profitable, succeed

Hint:

The structure "if they fail to..." indicates a negative consequence; "if they succeed" would give a positive outcome.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The given sentence asks us to fill in the blanks with words that make the sentence meaningful and coherent. Let's analyze the sentence with the blanks:

"State-owned banks may lose ................ Government business if they ............. to fulfill their developmental role."

1. To fill in the first blank, we need an adjective that describes the type of Government business that might be lost.
2. To fill the second blank, we need a verb that logically follows the condition of not fulfilling their developmental role.

Now, let's evaluate the options given:

• valuable, compete: "Valuable" can imply significant importance, but "compete" does not logically align with failing to fulfill a role. Thus, this pair is not suitable.
• approved, omit: "Approved" does not align well with the context, and "omit" would not fit the sentence context logically as it's unrelated to developmental roles directly.
• lucrative, fail: "Lucrative" fits as it describes something financially rewarding, which "Government business" might be for banks. "Fail" matches because it suggests a lack of success in fulfilling their roles, thus fulfilling the condition of the clause.
• significant, neglected: While "significant" could fit, the verb "neglected" does not match contextually as it speaks to ignoring rather than succeeding or failing.
• profitable, succeed: "Profitable" might fit, but "succeed" contradicts the requirement of failing to fulfill a role, hence is contextually incorrect.

The correct answer is therefore "lucrative, fail" because:

• "Lucrative" appropriately describes Government business as financially profitable.
• "Fail" appropriately describes not fulfilling their developmental role, matching the cause-and-effect relationship of losing business.