Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

Which of the following is true in the context of the passage and according to the author?

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

AS mentioned ind the passage, when the conomic condition of the author’s couuntry begins to improve 

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

The author in teh passage can be seen as being

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

which of the following is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word ‘Skyrocket’ as used int the passage?

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

Which of the following correctly explains the meaning of the phrase, ‘as quiet as a mouse’ as used in the passage for the inland waterways?

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

Which of the following is the central theme of the assage with repect ot teh author’s country ?

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

According to the passage, the possible unexpected benefit/s of recession is

(A) Lowered expectation of traders.

(B) people can take more credit.

(C) easing traffic congestion.

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning to the word ‘Hamper’ as used in the passage?

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning to whe word ;Ferries’ as used in the ppassage?

Read the  following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases gave been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inland waterways , as quiet as a mouse,, keep the nation’s economy flowing as they  transport $ 180  billion of  coal , steel chemicals and other goods each year across 38 States,, Yet, an antiquated system of locks and dams threatens the timely delivery of those goods daily. 

Locks and dams raise or lower ships from one water Laval to the next,  but breakdown of these carriers are frequent, The outage, which began last July, and is expected to end this August, will cost the power generation company and its customers $ 5.5 million as the utility ferries coal and other supplies along the river for itself and other businesses.

As the economy picks up, the  nation’s creaking infrastructure will  increasingly struggle to handle the load, That will make products more expensive a s businesses pay more for shipping  or maneuver around roadblocks and it will cause the nation to lose exports to other countries both of which are expected to hamper hte recovery.

“ The good news is, that the economy is turning,” says Dan Murray, Vice President of the Transportation Research Institute, “ The bad news is we expect congestion to skyrocket,” he added.

The ancient lock-and -dam system is perhaps the most egregious example of aging or congested transportation systems that are benign outstripped by demand, Fourteen locks, out of the total twenty eight are expected to fall 

by 2020, costing the economy billions of dollars, Meanwhile, seaport cannot accommodate larger container ships, slowing exports and imports highways are too narrow,. Bridges are overtaxed,

The shortcomings ware partly masked furring the recession as fewer people worked and less freight was shipped, easing traffic on transportation corridors. But interviewers with shippers and logistics companies showed that delays started lengthening along with the moderately growing economy.

Yet there is little prospect for mor infrastructure investment as a divided Government battles about how to cut the   $ 1.3 trillion deficit and State and Local Governments face their own budget shortfalls Government investment in highways, bridges, water systems schools and other projects has fallen each year since 2008. IFS global Insight expects such out lays to drop by 4.4  % this year and 3 % in the nest year.

according to experts teh country is spending abbot half of the $ 2.2 trillion hat it should over a five-year period to repair and expend overburdened infrastructure.

Which of the following is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word ‘ Antiquated’ as used in the passage?