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.

Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt plays a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields of rice chaff to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

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

Option 1: among

Option 2: and

Option 3: yet

Option 4: but

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.

Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burned plays a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields of rice chaff to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of the southwest monsoon.

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

Option 1: availing

Option 2: managing

Option 3: running

Option 4: withdrawal

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.

Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burned plays a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields of rice chaff to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of the southwest monsoon.

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

Option 1: leaks

Option 2: creaks

Option 3: falls

Option 4: peaks

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.

Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt plays a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields of rice chaff to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Option 1: worsening

Option 2: worsens

Option 3: worsen

Option 4: worse

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.

Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt plays a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields of rice chaff to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

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

Option 1: racing

Option 2: raising

Option 3: rising

Option 4: razing

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

Plastic inhabits the oceans, ______ up in the guts of seagulls and great white sharks.

Option 1: building

Option 2: burning

Option 3: provoking

Option 4: sailing