In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. ______ the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view ______ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ______ them the rest of the financial system. These assets ______ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth. Fill in the blank: they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system.
- Afrom
- Ball
- Calong with
- Dalso with
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The context implies that if the struggling banks collapsed, they would carry or pull down the rest of the financial system with them.The phrase "taking along with them" is grammatically sound and contextually meaningful, indicating that the rest of the system collapses together with the banks.Thus, 'along with' is the correct option.