Multiple choice

Bureaus

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

A company’s failure to prevent bribery is likely to be a punishable offence as the government proposes to amend the prevention of Corruption Act to include bribing gives as much as those who receive it, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday while addressing the annual conference of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the State Anti-Corruption Bureaus.

  1. Authorities

  2. Administrators

  3. Officials

  4. Organizations
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Explanation

The passage mentions 'Central Bureau of Investigation and the State Anti-Corruption Bureaus.' Bureaus here refer to government agencies or offices with specific functions. 'Authorities' best captures this sense of official administrative bodies.

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