Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Red kites were considered vermin across Britain and Ireland (1)____ the 16th century and their numbers were rigorously (2)____ While public perceptions have changed, gamekeepers and farmers still (3)____ shoot, poison, and trap red kites for the (4)_______ harm they cause to livestock and game. In 2020 alone, 20 red kites were confirmed to have been (5)______ this way in the UK.
 

Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: during

Option 2: along

Option 3: while

Option 4: across

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Red kites were considered vermin across Britain and Ireland (1)____ the 16th century and their numbers were rigorously (2)____ While public perceptions have changed, gamekeepers and farmers still (3)____ shoot, poison and trap red kites for the (4)_______ harm they cause to livestock and game. In 2020 alone, 20 red kites were confirmed to have been (5)______ this way in the UK.

Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Option 1: kicked

Option 2: dirty

Option 3: perceived

Option 4: shipped

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

In Andhra Pradesh, low rainfall and increased (1) ______ on borewells have led to soil aridity, while (2) ______ snow and more rainfall has (3) ______ the desertification crisis in Himachal Pradesh. On the other (4) ______, in Rajasthan, canals, tube-well irrigation and shelterbelts have (5) ______ to an increase in the green cover.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: lead

Option 2: led

Option 3: leading

Option 4: leads

Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)_________ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)___________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)_________ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)__________ it is excluded (5)__________ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.

Option 1: have

Option 2: have been

Option 3: has been

Option 4: has

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Small Indian Mongoose, (1) ______ its little round ears, is an (2) ______ hunter and has a long snout-like face and short legs that have sharp claws. It (3) ______ brown or grey-grizzly fur and (4) ______ in abandoned burrows or tunnels. (5) ______ the rat-like appearance, mongooses are not rodents.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.

Option 1: Instead

Option 2: Apart

Option 3: Often

Option 4: Despite