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: find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth
- Asaddled
- Bbaffled
- Cpuzzled
- Dcaught
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The context states that Indian banks are burdened with bad loans.Saddled (with) is an idiomatic expression that means burdened with an onerous responsibility, task, or problem (e.g., bad debt). It fits perfectly here.Baffled and Puzzled mean confused, which doesn't fit the construction "...with loans".Caught doesn't convey the sense of an ongoing burden or liability like 'saddled' does.Therefore, 'saddled' is the correct answer choice.