________, in the year-ago period the current account deficit stood at $1.3 billion or 0.2 % of the GDP.
- (a)Particularly
- (b)Notably
- (c)Seriously
- (d)Unknowingly
Correct — B, 'Notably'. 'Notably' means ' being reported — the year-ago current account deficit — as a fact the writer wants to highlight. It sits naturally at the head of the clause before the comma.
- (a)Particularly — The tempting near-miss: it means 'especially / to a high degree', but it normally modifies a word inside the clause ('particularly high') rather than opening a sentence as a bare adverb spotlighting a fact — that role belongs to 'Notably'.
- (c)Seriously — An adverb of manner or an informal intensifier ('in a serious way'); it does not mark a statistic as noteworthy and clashes in register with a formal financial statement.
- (d)Unknowingly — Means 'without being aware'; it describes acting.
'Notably' is a sentence adverb used to draw attention to something worth noticing — here, a comparative current account deficit figure.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the best opener: '________, exports rose 12% last quarter, the sharpest jump in three years.'
- (a)Notably
- (b)Unknowingly
- (c)Seriously
- (d)Reluctantly
Answer(a) Notably — it flags a statistic worth noticing.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The sentence adverb that highlights a fact as worthy of attention is —
- (a)Notably
- (b)Meanwhile
- (c)However
- (d)Therefore
Answer(a) Notably — it marks the following point as noteworthy.