Multiple choice

Addressing

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. Giving speech

  2. Putting address

  3. Giving directions

  4. Giving tips
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Explanation

In the given context, 'addressing' refers to delivering a speech or formal talk to an audience. The Prime Minister is speaking at the annual conference of the CBI and State Anti-Corruption Bureaus, which means he is giving a speech. The other options (putting address, giving directions, giving tips) do not fit the context of a formal conference address.

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