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Fill up the blank, numbered [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], and [6]in the passage given below with the most appropriate word from the option given for blank.
"Between the year 1946 and the year 1995, I did not file any income tax returns." With that [1] statement soubhik embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [2] and [3], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then went into action, and I learned first-hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [4]; automobiles may be [5] and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [6] until the case is settled".
Fill in the blank [1].
Options
devious
blunt
tactful
pretentious
Solution
blunt
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