Section B – English Language Ability and Logical Reasoning

45. Not wanting to present an unwarranted optimistic picture in the board meeting, the CEO estimated the sales growth ____________.

The option that will best fill the blank in the above sentence would be:

A. strictly

B. liberally

C. fancifully

D. pessimistically

E. conservatively

Explanation:

Since he did not want to present 'an unwarranted optimistic picture' he would have been careful and measured in his presentation. Thus 'conservatively'. Choice (E)