Date: 02/12/2022 Shift: 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Q. No: 100

Little (1)_______ a year ago, Rama Rao went out of work when a gramophone company, of which he was the Malgudi agent, went out of existence. He had put into that agency the little money he had (2)______ as security. For five years his business brought him (3)______ money, just enough to help him keep his wife and children in good comfort. And one day, it was (4)_______. A series of (5)_______ in the world of trade, commerce, banking, and politics was responsible for it.