Question

Select the meaning of the given phrase-
Bank upon
a) Accumulate
b) Consequent upon
c) Guess
d) Depend upon

Answer 1

Hint: The given word is 'bank upon' which means to depend on someone. For example The girl banked upon her family after she met with an accident.

Complete answer:
In the given question, bank upon means - depend on someone doing something or something happening. For example, Chrissie might arrive on time, but I wouldn’t bank upon him.
Now, we will examine all the options to find out the correct option-
Option ‘a’ Accumulate. Accumulate means gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of. For example, Investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence.
Option 'b' Consequent upon. Consequent upon means happening as a result of something, happening as a result of something, resulting. For example, The water will boil consequent upon your turning on the stove.
Option 'c' Guess. Guess means estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct. For example She guessed the child’s age at 14 or 15.
Option 'd' Depend upon. Depend upon means to be determined or decided by (something) we’re not sure if we’ll have the picnic. For example: let's depends on the weather.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the correct meaning of the phrase 'bank upon' is 'depend upon'. Hence, option 'd' is the correct option.

Note:
 All the other options are plausible distractions. Don't confuse between 'consequent upon' and 'depend upon'. They both have different meanings.