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GATE 2020 EE – Question 4

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Stock markets ________ at the news of the coup.

  1. poised
  2. plunged
  3. plugged
  4. probed

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Correct answer: (B) plunged

Explanation

Markets react to bad news by falling sharply, which is what "plunged" means. The other words do not fit the sense of the sentence.