Question : There are few words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct.

An infection is said to be endemic when the rate of occurance becomes static in a particular 1)________________ region, which means that main cause of the disease  — SARS-CoV-2 in this particular case — it is likely to exist but will not lead to large 2)_______________ as witnessed over the last two years.
Although it has been seen that the total number of infections in India is constantly 3)_______________, experts say they cannot provide a fixed timeline as when the disease will become endemic. It will all be dependent on the number of  people who are susceptible to this pathogen, vaccination rates, and also to emergence of new variants that are able to overcome the immune response.
“Endemic means that the virus will still remain in the population and there will be 4)_____________ ups and downs  as and when the favourable condition of the virus will exist. For example, we have seen that the seasonal flu  the number for which goes up in the winters and or especially when the season is changing because of lower immunity in people ,on the other hand we have seen the dengue cases rising after monsoons because of the availability of vectors. Covid-19 also may become seasonal and cause disease in the 5)_______________,” said Dr Pramod Garg, who is currently the director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)-Faridabad.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.

Option 1: heinous

Option 2: decorum
 

Option 3: outbreaks
 

Option 4: inherent

Question : Who is the new Director of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) as of 2023?

Option 1: Prashant Pathrabe

Option 2: Amol Palekar

Option 3: Shabana Azmi

Option 4: Bhupendra Kainthola

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.

India will host an international summit on Buddhism here on April 20 and 21. Delegates from 30 countries will participate, a notable exception (1) ________ China. Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is also unlikely to attend the two-day conclave. The maiden conference being organised by the Union Culture Ministry and the International Buddhist Confederation will discuss (2) ________ global issues through a Buddhist perspective. Over 170 delegates from countries such as Mexico, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Japan and 150 from India will participate in the summit to be held in the national capital. The delegates (3) ________ prominent scholars, monks, diplomats, and members of Buddhist organisations across the globe. The largest number of delegates are from Sri Lanka (20) and Vietnam (30). Abhijit Haldar, Director General of the International Buddhist Confederation, said that while no delegate had been confirmed from China, there would be two participants from Taiwan. “The invitations (4) ________ sent to various Buddhist institutions and not to governments,” Mr. Haldar added. He also mentioned that the Dalai Lama (5) ________ not attend the event due to health issues.

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

Option 1: ought to

Option 2: might

Option 3: used to

Option 4: dare

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.

The "Sesame Street" spin off (1)__________ to be the first Russian-language educational TV (2)__________ aimed specifically at preschoolers. The project (3)__________ support from both American and Russian government officials. "If we do not reform our (4)__________, we can hardly hope that we will reform our society," (5)_________ Elena Lenskaya, a director in Russia's Ministry of Education, during a 1992 U.S. congressional hearing on the planned adaptation.

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

Option 1: told

Option 2: ordered

Option 3: said

Option 4: muted

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.

The "Sesame Street" spin off (1)__________ to be the first Russian-language educational TV (2)__________ aimed specifically at preschoolers. The project (3)__________ support from both American and Russian government officials. "If we do not reform our (4)__________, we can hardly hope that we will reform our society," (5)__________ Elena Lenskaya, a director in Russia's Ministry of Education, during a 1992 U.S. congressional hearing on the planned adaptation.

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

Option 1: society

Option 2: politics

Option 3: education

Option 4: economy

Question : Who was appointed as the new Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in June 2022?

Option 1: Dinkar Gupta

Option 2: Anshul Mishra

Option 3: Yashwant Sonawane

Option 4: Kiran Bedi

Question : What was the earlier name of music director A. R. Rahman?

Option 1: Manoj Kumar

Option 2: Dileep Kumar

Option 3: R. Ramachandran

Option 4: T. Viswanathan

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.

The "Sesame Street" spin off (1)___________ to be the first Russian-language educational TV (2)__________ aimed specifically at preschoolers. The project (3)_________ support from both American and Russian government officials. "If we do not reform our (4)__________, we can hardly hope that we will reform our society," (5)_________ Elena Lenskaya, a director in Russia's Ministry of Education, during a 1992 U.S. congressional hearing on the planned adaptation.

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

Option 1: set in

Option 2: set out

Option 3: set off

Option 4: set aside

Question : There are certain words missing in the passage given below. The options given contain an answer that will fit in those given blanks. Choose the correct word to be used to make the sentence coherent and grammatically correct. 

In 1899 in Wyoming a fossilised skeleton was discovered from which Dippy was cast. It was 1)_____________ by one of the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie for the  still under construction Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, where it still stands .As per the Carnegie Museum website , “Museum director William J Holland organised the 2)________________ to the American west in 1899. After three months of rigrous search, one of the team member discovered a huge toe bone at Sheep’s Creek Wyoming. With further digging led to a huge, long neck dinosaur which was later identified as a sauropod.The news was spread quickly, and before he was even excavated, Dippy was a celebrity. Visitors thronged to the site in Wyoming, which was later dubbed “Camp Carnegie.” After the 3)________________ collection of Dippy’s bones, it was packed in the boxes and the bones were sent back to Pittsburgh in 130 crates.”

Dippy is considered to be one of the most famous single dinosaur skeleton in the world, Dippy has been a subject of several children’s books apart from a book 4)_______________ to the dinosaur, Dippy: The Tale of a Museum Icon. There are various products which celebrates the dinosaur — from mugs to T-shirts, caps to soft toys and also an ice flavour. Dippy has also 5)________________ in many films such as Paddington, Night at the Museum 3 and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing.

Choose the correct word to be used in blank 2.

Option 1: dichotomy 

Option 2: expedition
 

Option 3: nonplus
 

Option 4: dishevelled

Question : Which music director is popularly known as 'Pancham'?

Option 1: Khayyam

Option 2: Sachin Dev Burman

Option 3: Rahul Dev Burman

Option 4: Anu Malik