Directions (1-5): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a quantum increase in respiratory diseases- all part of the environmental doomsday scenario which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to the United Nations Environment Program report, a deadly three-km deep blanket of pollution comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols, and other particles has enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to life and death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse social and economic consequences and a rise in morbidities will place an unbearable burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. Both official and corporate India have always been allergic to any mention of clean technology. Most mechanical two wheelers roll off the assembly line without proper pollution control systems. Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to (A) -----------------------------------------.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act, skeptics might question the timing of the haze report. The Johannesburg meet on Rio+10 is just two weeks away and the stage is set for the usual battle between the developing world and the West, particularly the U.S. President, Mr. Bush has adamantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American consumption. U.N. environment report is likely to find a place in the U.S. arsenal as it points an accusing finger on countries like India and China. Yet the U.S. can hardly deny its own dubious role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the U.S. should take a look at the environment profligacy, which is going on within. From opening up virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water, Mr. Bush's policies are not exactly beneficial- not even to Americans. We realize that we are in this together and that pollution anywhere should be a global concern. Otherwise, there will only be more tunnels at the end of the tunnel.
Q1. According to the passage both official and corporate India is allergic to

A. failure of monsoon B. poverty and crime C. slowdown in the industrial pact D. poverty and inequality E. mention of clean technology

Answer - Option E
Explanation -Refer to the first paragraph of the passage.
Q2. What should come in place of the blank marked as (A), which will complete the sentence?

A. stock market B. people's lives and the environment. C. cloud formation D. corruption in the country E. None of the above

Answer - Option B
Explanation -“Little effort is made for R & D on simple technologies, which could make a vital difference to people’s lives and the environment.”
Q3. Which, according to the passage, is a life and death question to many Indians?

A. increase in respiratory diseases B. dwindling agricultural yield C. thick blanket of pollution over the region D. failure in crops E. use of clean technology

Answer - Option D
Explanation -Refer to the first paragraph of the passage. “For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the implications of this are devastating and further crop failure will amount to life and death question for many Indians.”
Q4. Which is SIMILAR to the word PROFLIGACY given in bold?

A. wastefulness B. conservation C. upliftment D. amalgamation E. capability

Answer - Option A
Explanation -‘profligacy’ means reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources.
Q5. Which is OPPOSITE to the word MORBIDITIES given in bold?

A. weakness B. tamed C. healthiness D. timid E. devastated

Answer - Option C
Explanation -‘morbidities’ means the condition of being diseased.

Directions (1-3): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in underline letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of the phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark “No Change required” as your answer.
Q1. Sustainable development envisaging to economic gains and the fruits of progress are equitably distributed in society.

A. envisages that economic gains B. envisaging that economic gains C. envisage that economic gains D. envisages the economy gain E. No correction required

Answer - Option B
Explanation -Only option ‘B’ is contextually and grammatically correct here.
Q2. The discussions at the WCU Congress of centered on the universal value that people's welfare should guide all environmental policies.

A. are centering on the B. are center on the C. are centered on the D. are centered in those E. No correction required

Answer - Option C
Explanation -Only option ‘C’ is contextually and grammatically correct here.
Q3. There is considerable interesting among consumers and governments in some countries in products manufactured through sustainable methods.

A. considerable interesting between B. consider interest between C. consider interest among D. considerable interest among E. No correction required

Answer - Option D
Explanation -Since the sentence considers multiple customers and governments, so we consider ‘among’ instead of ‘between’.
Directions (4-5): In each of the following sentences, there are two blank spaces. Below the sentences, there are five options with a pair of words each. Fill up the sentences with the pair of words that make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q4. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria has ---------------- upset both the Washington establishment and America’s global ----------------.

A. emancipate, friends B. globally, absurd C. predictably, allies D. foreseeably, relation E. forcibly, troops

Answer - Option C
Explanation -Predictably means something that can be predicted; allies means countries that work together for certain cause.
Q5. The violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district is yet another notice of the -------- being taken on civic order on account of the failure to crack down on ------------ mobs.

A. burden, surmounted B. turmoil, cry C. hazard, diligent D. toll, vigilante E. word, worthless

Answer - Option D
Explanation -Toll means the number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc.; vigilante means a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.

Directions (1-5): In the passage given below there are blanks which are numbered from 1 to 5. They are to be filled with the options given below the passage against each of the respective numbers. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering its meaning. If none of the words given in options fits in, mark ‘None of these’ as your answer choice.
At this stage of civilization, when many -------1------- are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical -----2----- and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of ---–3---- countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine ------4------ and good intentions are often brought to nothing, because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad -------5------, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
Q1.

A. country B. sovereignty C. nations D. None of these E. dimension

Answer - Option C
Explanation -‘nations’ is correct here both grammatically and contextually. With the word ‘many’ we will use the plural form, so the word ‘country’ is wrong.
Q2.

A. concede B. experience C. feeling D. assert E. None of these

Answer - Option B
Explanation -‘experience’ is correct here both grammatically and contextually.
Q3.

A. from B. us C. none of these D. them E. other

Answer - Option E
Explanation -‘other’ is correct here both grammatically and contextually.
Q4.

A. conceal B. material C. goodwill D. none of these E. conscious

Answer - Option C
Explanation -‘goodwill’ is correct here both grammatically and contextually. ‘goodwill’ means friendly, helpful, or cooperative feelings or attitude.
Q5.

A. anger B. countries C. none of these D. outlines E. surmount

Answer - Option D
Explanation -‘outlines’ is correct here both grammatically and contextually.