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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.

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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 [6].

Options

  • purchaser

  • victim

  • investor

  • offender

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Solution

offender

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