CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Fill in the Blanks questions

CAT/2000

Question . 47

Directions for Question : In the following question, a part / two of a sentence has been left blank. You are to select from among the four options given below the question, the one which would best fill the blanks. In case of more than one blanks, the first word in the pair, given in the choices, should fill the first gap.

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. 

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Option C is correct. Prices are usually called as ‘spiralling up’ when they go up. ‘soaring crime rates’ is proper expression. Soaring means increasing rapidly.