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Dedicated to my students
My student, you are the best
Of all the rest
Promise me that you will never admit defeat
Your dedication is visible to everyone you meet
So soothing is your smile
I am amazed for a while
I have students everywhere
But like you are very rare
I can never forget you
Because you are like a drop of shining dew
From a leaf split apart
Your fond memories will always shine in my heart
Yes, I believe in you
Yes, I am proud of you
Don t ever give up
Yes, you can and you will do it

Direction (1-78): Some

statements are given below, 1. Which of the following options
which are jumbled in any should form a consecutive pair
random order. These after the correct rearrangement?
statements will form a coherent
and meaningful paragraph,
when arranged in the correct A. a c
sequence. Arrange the B. d c
sentences in the right order and C. b a
answer the questions that D. a e
follow. E. None of the above options
Set 1
The correct arrangement is -
(a) During landing, the rover will
plunge through the thin Martian
atmosphere at more than 12,000
mph (about 20,000 kph). 2. Which of the following options is
the SECOND LAST statement,
(b) NASA is inviting the public to after the correct rearrangement?
take part in virtual activities and
events as the
Perseverance rover nears entry, A. d
descent, and landing on the Red B. a
Planet. C. c
D. e
(c) But, a parachute and powered E. None of the above options
descent will slow the rover down
to about 2 mph (3 kph).
(d) Live coverage and landing Set 2

Propulsion Laboratory in Southern (a) So this time, Coca-Cola is to
California will begin at 2:15 p.m. test a paper bottle as part of a
on the NASA TV Public Channel. longer-term bid to eliminate plastic
(e) During what is known as the from its packaging entirely.
sky crane maneuver, the descent
stage will then lower the rover on (b) The barrier must also ensure
three cables to land softly on six no fibres flake off into the liquid.
wheels at Jezero Crater, on Mars.

(c) The prototype is made by a

Danish company from an extra- immediately ensuing(coming
strong paper shell that still afterwards) the second
contains a thin plastic liner. statement - THIRD statement.
(d) Coca-Cola was ranked the The correct arrangement is -

world's number one plastic polluter
by charity group Break Free From
Plastic last year, closely followed
by other drink-producers Pepsi 2. Which of the following
and Nestle. statements comes first at the
rear end?
(e) That would pose a risk of
altering the taste of the drink - or A. e
potentially fall foul of health and B. b
safety checks. C. d
(f) But the goal is to create a 100% D. c
recyclable, plastic-free bottle E. None of the above options
capable of preventing gas
escaping from carbonated drinks.
(flake off - To fall from something

in small bits or pieces.
fall foul of - to come into conflict Set 3
with.)
(a) And they predict that similar
1. Which of the following coronaviruses may be present in
statements is the statement, bats across many Asian nations
immediately ensuing the and regions.
second statement, after the
correct rearrangement? (b) They have discovered a virus
that is a close match to the virus
that causes Covid-19 in bats at a
A. a wildlife sanctuary in eastern
B. d Thailand.
C. e
D. c (c) That area includes Japan,
E. None of the above options China and Thailand, the
researchers said in a report

published in Nature
Communications.
penultimate - second last.
(d) The discovery extends the
area in which related viruses have Set 4
been found to a distance of
4,800km (2,983 miles). (a) And, it is believed to have been
constructed by a small Roman
(e) Scientists say coronaviruses community that used to live
related to Sars-CoV-2 may be alongside that route.
circulating in bats across many
parts of Asia. (b) It is also one of only three
found as part of an archaeological
dig rather than by metal
1. Which of the following detectorists.
combinations is the combination of
three consecutive statements? (c) A 2,000-year-old Cupid figurine
has been unearthed along the
route of a new bypass in the
A. d c e
Cotswolds, UK.
B. a d c
C. e a d (d) According to the reports, there
D. b d c are fewer than 50 known figurines
E. None of the above options of this kind found in the entire UK.
(e) The figurine is made of solid

bronze with wings and holding a
flaming torch and was discovered
in a deposit of charcoal on that
route alongside the bypass.
2. Which of the following
statements is the penultimate (figurine - a small carved or
statement? molded statue, especially one in
the shape of a person.
A. e unearth - find (something) in the
B. b ground by digging.)
C. d
D. c 1. Which of the following
E. None of the above options statements immediately precedes
the fourth statement?

lost their lives to Covid-19 has

been launched by a group of
A. a doctors and social workers.
B. e
C. d (c) It's also believed that the
D. b memorial will also restore some
E. None of the above options dignity of the people who died and
were cremated without even their
families being allowed to attend
the funeral.
immediately precedes the fourth
(d) The virtual memorial will allow
statement THIRD statement
family members and friends of the
victims to pay their tributes.
) (e) It's true that the tragedy and

emotional trauma Covid caused
2. Which of the following pairs is will stay with the affected families
the pair of the THIRD and LAST for decades but this is one place
statement? people can visit and relive
memories.
A. e d (commemorate - recall and show

B. a b respect for (someone or
C. c b something).
D. e d memorial - A memorial is an
E. None of the above options object which serves as a focus for
the memory or the
commemoration of something,
usually an influential, deceased
person or a historical, tragic
Set 5 event.)
(a) For doing so, families will need 1. Which of the following pairs is
to upload the death certificates of the pair of the penultimate and
their loved ones or provide their concluding statement,
phone number for verification. respectively?
(b) An online memorial -
nationalcovidmemorial.in - to A. a e
commemorate Indians who have B. d e

C. a c fall into water and trigger the huge

D. c e flood in the state.
E. None of the above options
(d) Did a landslide cause a glacial
lake to burst, or did ice blocks
break off a glacier due to a rise in
temperature?
(e) A devastating flash flood in

India's northern state of
Uttarakhand killed at least 32
2. Which of the following people and trapped workers in
statements is the underground tunnels.
antepenultimate statement?
(deluge - a severe flood.)
A. d 1. Which of the following

B. a statements is placed in the middle
C. c position in the entire
D. e arrangement?
A. b
B. d
antepenultimate - third from the C. a
last statement.) D. c
Set 6
(a) The calamity also sparked
speculations on what caused the
deluge.
(b) Rescue efforts are still 2. Which of the following

continuing, with more than 170 combinations is the combination of
people missing. two consecutive statements?
(c) Now a team of scientists
investigating the incident believe a A. b a
piece of a Himalayan glacier did B. e a

C. a c D. b
D. b d E. None of the above options
Set 7
(a) Therefore, when flying
resumed two months later with 2. Which of the following
restrictions, the government statements is the pair of FIRST
stepped in to help by fixing and THIRD statements, after the
different price bands depending on correct rearrangement?
the duration of flights. A. c a
B. e a
(b) It was an imperfect C. c b
arrangement but the context D. a d
justified government intervention E. None of the above options
in the most fundamental aspect of
a market economy.
(c) The lockdown announced last Set 8

March to combat the pandemic led
to substantial collateral damage. s first choice
batting lineup is on its last legs as
(d) In other words, the minimum most of the players are in their
and maximum fares were fixed. 30s.
(e) Among the worst hit was the (b) The defeat to England in the
aviation industry which was forced first test, held in Chennai, of the
to shut down. ongoing series has brought to the
surface a couple of challenges to
1. Which of the following the Indian Cricket Team.
statements should be the
FOURTH statement, after the (c) This problem was apparent
correct rearrangement? even in Australia but the
extraordinary performance of the
bench resulted in a historic
A. c victory.
B. e
C. d

(d) First, the return of Virat Kohli to A. b d

the test team strengthened the B. a c
batting but his leadership gives the C. c e
team an unsettled feel. D. d a
(e) But that performance cannot
paper over the cracks that have
been visible for a while.
(paper over - to hide an
unpleasant situation, especially a
problem or disagreement, in order
to make people believe that it
does not exist or is not serious.) Set 9
(a) Separately, data of a
1. Which of the following seroprevalence study was
statements should come right released in Tamil Nadu, a state
after the FOURTH statement? which recorded a relatively high
number of confirmed cases in the
early days.
A. b
B. d (b) For the first time since May,
C. a over 50% of the states reported
D. c that there were no Covid fatalities
E. None of the above options on 9th February.
(c) It has raised the hope that

large parts of India may be
heading towards herd immunity, a
Statement (e) should come right stage that would diminish the
after the fourth statement. threat of virus transmission
significantly.
in October-November was about

2. Which of the following options is 32% of the population and more
the combination of the last two than 35 times higher than the
consecutive statements, after the recorded positive cases.
correct rearrangement?
(e) Recent data on the
transmission of the novel

coronavirus has given cause for Pioneering statement - starting

cheer. statement / first statement)
(seroprevalence - the frequency Set 10

of individuals in a population that
have a particular element (such as (a) In India too, it is rapidly rising.
antibodies to HIV) in their blood
serum.) (b) The gender disparity in access
to healthcare is also well-
1. Which among the following, is a documented.
combination of three consecutive
statements, according to the final (c) Today, one in 22 urban women
arrangement? and one in 60 rural women in India
is at risk of the disease.
A. e b a (d) Breast cancer is now the most
B. b a c commonly diagnosed cancer in
C. a d e the world, making up 11.7% of all
D. b d c new cancer diagnoses.
(e) We need to undo this skew
urgently, so that all women have a
fighting chance of a full life.
(f) Delays in detection and

) treatment are the main reasons it
becomes a more complex and life-
2. Which of the following threatening situation here.
statements is the pioneering
statement? (skew - a bias towards one
particular group or subject.)
A. b 1. Which of the following
B. e statements should come
C. a immediately before the LAST
D. c statement?
A. c
B. f
C. b

D. e (c) The bill now awaits the

(d) The essence of Karnataka

Prevention of Slaughter and
Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, is
that it closes the door for disposal
of cows to slaughter houses even
after they have stopped producing
2. Which of the following milk.
statements is equidistant from
the FIRST and FIFTH statement,
assurances deal with the core
after the correct rearrangement?
problem which is that the bill hurts
the economic interests of
A. a farmers.
B. c
C. d 1. Which of the following
D. f statements is the statement,
E. None of the above options immediately antecedes the second
statement, after the correct
rearrangement?
A. d
B. b
Set 11 C. a
D. c
(a) On the other hand, the state E. None of the above options
government has promised to make
budget allocations for dealing with
some of the consequences of the
bill.
(b) Recently, the Karnataka

Legislative Council has cleared
this bill, through a voice vote,
amidst protests by JD(S) and
Congress.
Set 12
(a) This is expected to be the Set 13

springboard of economic growth.
(a) Whatever may be the
(b) Building blocks for this motivation, any rapprochement
approach were put in place before between India and Pakistan has to
the pandemic, when the National
Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) was genuine moves to dismantle the
launched in December 2019. terror infrastructure on its soil.
(b) In a surprising change in tone,
(c) A highlight of finance minister Pakistan army chief General
Qamar Bajwa remarked that it was
speech was setting out the time to extend a hand of peace in
all directions and that India and
infrastructure. Pakistan must resolve the Kashmir
(d) It now has a pipeline of 7,400 issue.
projects. (c) And, it may also constitute a
(e) And it requires major funding signal to the new Joe Biden
expansion from both the administration in the US, in an
government and private sector. attempt to curry favour with
Washington.
1. Which of the following could also be indicative of the

statements is the hindmost intense pressure that he and
statement? Prime Minister Imran Khan are
facing from an alliance of
Pakistani opposition parties.
A. a
B. b (e) It remains to be seen if this
C. d softening of tone will actually lead
D. e
E. None of the above options part

hindmost - last. combinations is the combination of
three successional statements?
A. e d a

B. d c a 1. Which of the following

C. b d c statements is the pair of the
D. e c a introductory statement and the
E. None of the above options fourth statement from the last?
A. e b
Successional - consecutive. B. e d
C. b d
D. a c
bedca
Set 14
(a) And when it does, this is
through infected live birds or Set 15
contaminated surfaces.
(a) Last month, Telangana police
(b) It is spread basically through requested Google to take down a
infected feces and saliva carrying whopping 158 such apps from its
the disease from live birds to live Play Store.
birds, in the air as much as on
land. (b) At least five suicides in
Telangana and one in Delhi have
(c) But so rare is such a jump that been linked to extreme
experts point out in the one and harassment over failure to repay
half decade history of bird flu in loans disbursed by instant loan
India, not a single instance has apps.
been reported when the infection
was passed on to humans. (c) The mushrooming of such
apps without RBI recognition as
(d) But, it rarely jumps to humans. NBFCs, typically disbursing small
loans at short repayment windows,
(e) Bird flu spreads from migratory initially caught police unawares.
or wild birds to commercial
poultry. (d) A Chinese link to many apps
has also surfaced, with the arrest

of four Chinese nationals by startup ecosystem, to devise and

various police teams. design new use cases, such as
the retail industry solution jointly
(e) These incidents underline a unveiled recently by Verizon
new headache for law Business, Deloitte and SAP.
enforcement agencies across the
country. (d) But its appeal in India is only
limited to being a future-ready
1. Which of the following feature on a fancy phone.
statements is the pair of the
penultimate statement and the
pioneering statement, extensive machine-to-machine
respectively? communication, in conjunction
with Edge computing and
advanced data analytics.
A. a e
B. c b (roll out - introduce.
C. a b in conjunction with - together
D. d b with.)
combinations is the combination of
three consecutive statements?
A. b d a
B. d a e
C. d c e
D. b a e
Set 16 E. None of the above options
(a) After all, widespread 5G
services are still months, if not
years, away in India.
(b) The world is rolling out the fifth-

generation technology standard
for cellular networks, or 5G.
Set 17
(c) However, 5G is a big

(a) It has happened before and statement and the fourth

sadly, this trend undermines the statement?
rightful roles of the judiciary, as
well as of the executive.
A. b d
(b) It is certainly a case of judicial B. c a
overreach and transgression into C. c d
D. b a
(c) The Kerala High Court is
directing the state government to
set up Campus Police Units to
tackle drug use in educational
institutions and their campuses.
(d) The courts should stay the

arbiters and upholders of the law Set 18
and Constitution they were
designed to be, not policymakers. (a) Rising temperatures have led
to the retreat of glaciers and
(e) And, this is not the first time formation of proglacial lakes.
that courts in India have stepped
beyond their remit to take on the (b) What is clear is that steady
functions of the executive. warming of the planet has played
a role.
(undermine - to make someone
less confident, less powerful. (c) And when breached, it can
overreach - the act of doing more result in flash floods like the one in
than your authority allows. Uttarakhand.
transgression - the act or
process of breaking a law or moral (d) Scientists are investigating the
rule, or an example of this. cause of the flash floods near
arbiter - a person who settles a Chamoli in Uttarakhand on
dispute or has ultimate authority in Sunday that have killed 25 people
a matter. and left nearly 200 missing.
remit - the task or area of activity (e) The flash flood is a reminder
officially assigned to an individual that the world in which India seeks
or organization.) rapid growth is constrained by
1. Which of the following pairs is climate change.
the pair of the introductory

(retreat - an act of moving back or Set 19

withdrawing.
breach - make a gap in and break (a) On the other hand, the overall
through (a wall, barrier, or integrity of the draft law will remain
defence). intact.
constrained by - severely
restricted in scope, extent, or (b) In fact, the Australian
activity by.) government announced that it
1. Which of the following pairs is would amend the draft law after its
not the pair of two consecutive ministers held discussions with
statements? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Sundar Pichai.
A. db
B. ba (c) This is welcome as the
C. ae Australian move creates a helpful
D. ac template for revenue sharing
E. None of the above options between online platforms and
news publishers.
(d) By doing so, publishers would

be paid lump sums rather than per
click on news articles.
(e) Australia is pressing ahead

2. Which of the following with its News Media Bargaining
statements comes first in the Code that would make internet
posterior side? giants Google and Facebook pay
for news content.
A. b
B. d (lump sum - a single payment
C. a made at a particular time, as
D. c opposed to a number of smaller
E. None of the above options payments or instalments.
press ahead - to continue doing
something in a determined way,
comes first in the posterior side despite difficulties.)
- FIRST statement.
1. Which of the following pairs is
the pair of the concluding

statement and second (d) The digital intelligence unit to

statement from the beginning? investigate mobile frauds will have
its hands full.
A. e c (e) On top of this there is an easy
B. c d access to personal data, which
C. a d makes it simple for telemarketers
D. c b to commit financial fraud on
E. None of the above options gullible consumers, especially the
elderly.
(for one - used to say that you

think your opinion or action is
right, even if others do not.
fraudulently - in a way that
involves deception, especially
criminal deception.
Set 20 peddling - the activity of selling an
illegal or stolen item.
(a) For one, the linkages between have hands full - be busy.)
telemarketers and those
fraudulently peddling financial 1. Which of the following
products has to be more combinations is the combination of
thoroughly investigated. four sequent statements?
(b) A data protection law to

prevent the leakage of consumer A. d c e b
telecom and financial information B. a d e b
in the possession of telecom and C. d a c e
banking companies is hence D. a c e d
necessary. E. None of the above options
(c) The recent crackdown on

mobile lending apps revealed that
these used fully equipped call
centres to act as collection agents
to force debtors to repay.
Set 21

(a) It signifies that social D. e

distancing measures like masking E. None of the above options
should still continue to be followed
strictly.
(b) The discovery of the South

African and Brazil coronavirus
variants in international returnees
is an indicator that these
mutations could already be Set 22
circulating in the Indian
population. (a) However, the toolkit at the
centre of the case spreads basic
(c) But, India has been unlocking information on the protests but
faster in the new year with
colleges reopening and school essential ingredient for invoking
students in higher grades also the sedition charge.
returning to classrooms.
(b) The young climate change
(d) Their high contagiousness and activist told the court, crying, that
potential to cause re-infections she was not involved in any
and beat antibodies produced by conspiracy and was merely
vaccinations is a cause for worry. supporting farmers agitating
against the farm laws.
(e) A setback to these unlocking
efforts would be devastating, so -year-
emphasis should remain on old Disha Ravi on charges of
compulsory masking in the days sedition and criminal conspiracy in
ahead. the Greta toolkit case is shocking
to say the least.
(setback - a reversal or check in
progress.) (d) With doubts also being raised
about the procedure followed in
1. Which of the following her arrest and remand to custody,
statements is the penultimate the Delhi High Court must
statement?
rights were compromised.
A. b (e) On the other hand, Delhi Police
B. d are accusing Disha of
C. c

collaborating with a Khalistani dives have rarely been

group by working on the toolkit. questioned.
(sedition - conduct or speech

inciting people to rebel against the that referees have been far too
authority. lenient throughout the
to say the least - used as an competition.
understatement (implying the
reality is more extreme, usually
worse). to keep their cards in their pockets
remand - to send someone has led several teams to complain
accused of committing a crime about the quality of officiating.
away from court until their trial
begins.) (d) Notwithstanding the exciting
build-up to Fifa World Cup semi-
1. Which of the following finals, refereeing at the marquee
statements is the precursory tournament has come under a
statement? cloud.
(e) In a World Cup with most

A. b teams evenly matched, such
B. e refereeing errors can be the
C. d difference between victory and
D. c defeat.
(lenient - merciful.
propensity - an inclination or
natural tendency to behave in a
Precursory statement - FIRST particular way.
statement. under a cloud - under
suspicions.)

statements immediately
antecedes the third statement?
Set 23
(a) Over-the-top tackles have A. b
gone unpunished and outrageous B. a
C. d

D. c Brazil, can be ground for a fresh

E. None of the above options start.
(deepened - increased.
Nehruvian legacy - something
immediately antecedes the third transmitted by or received from
statement - SECOND statement. Jawaharlal Nehru.
shackles - restraints.
populous - densely populated.
prism - a medium to view through.
sideline - an activity done in
addition to one's main job.)
Set - 24
(a) This deepened distrust and led
to significant opportunity costs for
the neighbours.
Set - 25
(b) For decades New Delhi has
allowed the India-China bilateral - selfie-takers
relationship to be coloured by the figuring the finest angles, the right
Nehruvian legacy. light, the shadow play, that best
captures them against the Qutub
(c) However, today the Narendra Minar.
Modi government has an
opportunity to break free from the (b) Nowadays brands are even
shackles of the past and script a redesigning their mobile phones
fresh chapter in ties between the and their cameras to help selfie-
takers nurture the art in a better
nations. way.
-taken picture
(d) As a result, China came to be was invented in 1839 but its
viewed through the prism of the time is now.
1962 war.
(d) But, for cynics who argue this
(e) In this regard, the meeting is pure self-love, why not?
between Prime Minister Modi and
the Chinese president, on the (e) It works in wondrous ways it
sidelines of the Brics summit in says hello to the world while
recording intimate histories.

(e) An examination of the 22-

storey Andheri tower Lotus
your life and to share this Business Park in Mumbai - whose
through a selfie of your times. top floors were destroyed by fires
recently - by the fire department
and the BMC building proposals
(cynic - a person who believes
department, has revealed many
that people are only interested in
additions and alterations.
themselves and are not sincere.)
(drill - instruction or training in

military exercises.
Needless to say - obviously.
wake-up call - a thing that alerts
Set - 26 people to an unsatisfactory
situation and prompts them to
remedy it.
checks conducted periodically so high-rise - a building with many
that violations can be detected storeys.
and action taken before a tragedy
takes place?
(b) So are drills where not only the

fire brigade but other agencies Set 27
such as the police, the Coast
Guard and the Navy, which may (a) It's unlikely that another round
be called upon to help as they of incentives and tax benefits for
were in the case of the Andheri tiny enclaves, in the hope they
building, are involved. would eventually have a positive
impact on the rest of the country,
(c) Needless to say, regular fire will work.
safety audits of high-rises across
Mumbai are a must. (b) As the concept evolved over
time we moved to creating a legal
(d) The Andheri incident must be framework for SEZs about a
treated as a wake- decade ago.
the horror could be repeated at
other high-rises in the city, with far (c) But the record of SEZs has
more disastrous consequences. hardly been impressive.

(d) We may all have heard of (c) At a little over 60, AIIMS is
China's Special Economic Zones prematurely aged and unfit for the
(SEZs), but India was an early stress test.
mover in trying to boost exports by
setting up enclaves with special (d) This is also what the latest
facilities. Union budget announced, and it
seems like an utterly reasonable
(e) Instead, the emphasis should thing to do.
be on improving the general
economic environment across the (e) Even if further decay is halted,
country. and steady state achieved, it can
hardly pose as an institutional stud
(enclave - a place or group that is rearing for reproduction.
different in character from those
surrounding it. (goad - to provoke.
mover - a person who instigates dismal - depressing.
or organizes something. prematurely - too soon.
emphasis - special importance, decay - deterioration.
value, or prominence given to halted - stopped.
something.) institutional stud rearing for
reproduction - institutionally
capable and strong enough to
form control new branches.)
Set 28
(a) While sympathy and instinct do
goad us to take this step, it may Set 29
not yet be the best prescription to
follow.
(a) He even reiterated his
(b) Given our dismal health profile,
it is indeed a great idea to clone place in an expanded UN Security
Council.
Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and
have at least four more in the
country. perceptible change in

India-US ties, which had hit a but this is a simple goal that must
rough patch in recent years. be taken up as the topmost
priority.
(c) In interesting remarks ahead of
the fifth India-US Strategic (c) Yet, we still have over 11,000
Dialogue, US secretary of state of these death traps which
John Kerry has described India as account for about two-thirds of all
an indispensable partner for the deaths in railway accidents.
21st century.
(d) And, it does not require
advanced technology or enormous
administration now wants to turn sums of money, but the political
the page on the phase of will to walk the talk.
resentment that had marked
bilateral relations. (e) It is a matter of national shame
that well into the 21st century
(e) Furthermore, Kerry stressed Indians are still dying because of
accidents at unmanned railway
crossings.
(unmanned - unguarded.
(reiterate - state again. boast - talk with excessive pride.
perceptible - noticeable. walk the talk - To do what one
phase of resentment - phase of said one could do, or would do,
bitterness.) not just making empty promises.)
Set 31
Set 30
(a) Players will be able to
(a) One railway minister after download the game onto their
another has promised over the computers, or smartphones, from
years that all unmanned crossing
will soon be eliminated.
(b) Each time a player wins a
(b) It is all very well to boast about
a modern railway system with our electoral process will pop up
bullet trains, anti-collision devices,

on the screen, according to an EC (a) The Bill takes note of this

spokesperson. debate and moves forward in
modernising applicable laws.
(c) The game, being designed by
a professional communications (b) This is a welcome move
company and partly financed by coming in the wake of shocking
the United Nations Development crimes involving juveniles the
Programme, will be made most infamous being the Nirbhaya
available later this year. case, where the worst perpetrator
was allegedly a juvenile offender,
(d) In that yet-to-be-titled game, due to walk free soon after a
players must negotiate a maze three-year stint in a remand home.
through several doors which lead
on to higher levels, depending on (c) The Juvenile Justice Bill, now
the number of points scored by the cleared by the Union cabinet,
participant. gives the Juvenile Justice Board
the power to decide if a juvenile
(e) In order to encourage children above 16 years, involved in a
and teenagers to learn more about heinous crime, should be tried in a
elections and other aspects of our regular court.
political system the Election
Commission (EC) is reportedly (d) Altogether, this new Juvenile
planning to launch an Justice Bill is expected to improve
understanding of vulnerability and
achieve this laudable end. offence.
(tidbits of information - small
pieces of information. (e) That incident sparked debate
yet-to-be-titled game - the game on the need to change
hasn't got its name/title yet. punishments given to youth old
laudable end - praiseworthy enough to know the nature of
goal.) rticipating
in.
(take note of - pay attention to.

in the wake of - as a result of.
juvenile - a young person.
Set 32 infamous - famous for something
considered bad.
perpetrator - someone who has
committed a crime.

allegedly - reportedly. (f) Treatment centres and isolation

three-year stint - a period of three wards too must be available if
years. someone tests positive, while
remand - custody. efforts need to be made to trace
heinous - evil. who they came in direct contact
vulnerability - 1the quality or with.
state of having little resistance to
some outside agent.) (It's imperative - it's very
important.
confined to - restricted to.
rural pockets - rural areas.
national frontiers - national
borders.)
Set 33
(a) So it's imperative that Indian
airports need to be on alert and )
screen passengers coming from Set 34
these affected parts of the world.
(a) Because people define,
(b) An epidemic like Ebola with a experience and communicate
high fatality rate that was once happiness in a gazillion different
confined to isolated rural pockets ways.
in Africa has now begun to show
up in urban areas and crossed (b) But, the challenge would still
national frontiers on account of air be to draw a conclusion
travel. independent of all the internal and
environmental factors that
(c) These should include determine the workings of each
establishing diagnostic centres individual brain - no math equation
and testing facilities. could accurately solve the paradox
of finding happiness in
(d) Indian government has said unhappiness.
that 44,700 Indians live in Ebola-
affected countries. (c) Among them are researchers
who boast that their mathematical
(e) Health minister Harsh Vardhan equation can calculate exactly
says he is personally supervising how happy anyone is at any given
preventive measures. time.

(d) The gazillions of people who

(d) Also, the argument that
bureaucrats in countries like
(e) But ignoring this infinite
complexity of human emotions, know English is specious because
some scientists continue to seek none of them come close to being
out an empirical, universal formula the multi-cultural, multi-lingual
for happiness. melting pot that India is.
(gazillion - a very large number or ld the importance

quantity. -
paradox - a situation or statement emphasized. Besides, in India
that seems impossible or is English is the link language.
difficult to understand.
boast - talk with excessive pride. (prosperous - doing well.
empirical - experimental.) retrograde - backward and
unprogressive.
rudimentary knowledge - basic
knowledge.
buckled under - bent/collapsed
under.
specious - misleading.
Set 35 melting pot - a place where
different peoples, styles, theories,
(a) Arguments like India was etc. are mixed together.
prosperous before English came link language - A common
to the country, as some leaders language linking various people
are saying, are patently groups or ethnicities, where the
retrograde. adopted language is not a native
language of any of the speakers
(b) The government must using it.)
recognize its mistake and take
back its decision.
(c) But, here we have a situation

where a section of UPSC
candidates are refusing to be
tested in rudimentary knowledge Set 36
of the language and the
government has weakly buckled (a) In many cases, sub-registrars
under their pressure. themselves are hand in glove with

documents are in order. (a) Those will suffice for the
to worry about middlemen taking (b) If the government is serious

them for a ride and know the about promoting the use of
genuineness of a property offer renewable energy, it needs to go
from the sub- beyond just providing incentives
for people to do so.
(c) The Karnataka State
government has brought peace to (c) These are small steps that can
property buyers by integrating be immediately taken and can go
software of two crucial some way towards addressing the
departments. ecological concerns that any
modern society must face up to.
(d) Worse, how does one know if
the government database has not (d) As an initial step, it could make
been tampered with?
apartments and residential plots
(e) However, this is not enough, beyond a certain size to at least
as details of property can be have enough solar panels
accessed only by officials, and not installed.
by the public.
(e) A similar approach needs to be
(f) The government has to ensure adopted also towards rainwater
there are no lacunae in the system harvesting.
to help property buyers.
(suffice for - be enough for.
(hand in glove - in close face up to - to deal with.)
association.
tout - illegal salesman.
taking them for a ride - deceiving
or cheating them.
tampered with - manipulated. Set 38
lacunae - gap or loophole.)
(a) It has been known as
of us can remember and there is

really no reason to change it,
particularly since words like
Set 37
part of the vocabulary of all Indian that consumers can wear

languages. represents the next stage in the
evolution of the human-machine
(b) The ministry would do better to interface.
focus on these than on renaming
occasions. (b) Apart from helping consumers
send and receive messages,
browse emails, and post on social
education system that needs to be networking sites, smart watches
set right, from high dropout rates
to low enrolment in higher serve as a pedometer, measure
education to teacher absenteeism
in schools and much else. facilitate cashless payments.
(d) Th (c) Currently they are mostly an
Day by the Education Ministry, as extension of the smartphone,
'Guru Utsav' betrays a mindset exemplifying a unique blend of
that sees only one language accessory and technology.
Sanskrit as the repository of
(d) There is no denying the fact
that after smartphones, smart
(e) That apart, it also suggests wearable tech is the next big
thing.
priorities need urgent resetting.
(e) In this regard, smart watches
(absenteeism - the practice of not only offer a range of benefits
regularly staying away from work but also revive a dying romance
or school without good reason. with the watch.
betray - here it means - to reveal.
repository - a place where things (f) Add to this the fact that smart
are stored and can be found. watch producers are now
that apart - apart from that.) encouraging developers to create
apps specifically for the wrist, and
it is easy to see that the
possibilities are endless.
(facilitate - make (an action or

Set 39 process) easy or easier.
exemplify - be a typical example
(a) Be it smart glasses, bracelets, of.
clothes or watches, technology revive - restore to life.)

intermittently - at irregular
intervals.
congealing - clotting or
thickening.)
Set 40
(a) Research shows that no matter
how much you pound across
still unhealthy to spend the rest of

the day in an office chair. Set 41
to be rewarded with a nice sit-

down. that they're now resenting.
(c) To recharge it take a little walk (b) Which means that if there is
intermittently, stretch a bit or even anything about the giving that
switch to a stand-up desk. causes pain to themselves, they
value themselves enough to
(d) Without some level of physical convince themselves that they
activity through eight or more choose to give, but not at the cost
hours your metabolism slows of feeling burdened or unhappy.
down, your back starts acting up,
insulin effectiveness decreases,
grey cells start congealing of giving, because it makes them
basically your body starts feel good about giving.
powering down.
s moving themselves.
into the knowledge economy for
whom sitting has become the most (e) Hence joy is their reward.
common waking activity the
(resent - feel bitter about.)
fitter thing is to do your work
standing up.
(pound across - to walk or run
with heavy and regular steps.
sit-down - a short period of sitting
in order to rest.
Set 42

(a) But now, by initially opting for (b) Now it is time to build on these
routes where the volume of gains and grapple with the
women passengers is high, the challenge of reviving economic
transport department hopes not to growth.
face the same reaction.
(c) They make for an effective first
(b) Earlier the plan fell through due line of defence against shocks,
to poor response. thereby insulating us from a
situation where a crisis always
(c) At a time when no place, seemed around the corner.
including public transport, is seen
to be safe for women, moves like
these instil confidence and ease of macroeconomic indicators,
commuting during rush hour. particularly fiscal and current
account deficits, made the country
(d) It's also hoped that such vulnerable to economic shocks
services will act as a safe and stemming from outside.
enabling factor for more women to
take up job opportunities. (e) Today, current account and
fiscal deficits are under control
(e) Bringing back women-only and inflation has begun gradually
buses in cities is a good initiative. trending downwards.
(opt for - choose. (pejorative - derogatory or
fell through - failed. suggesting that something is not
instill - gradually but firmly good or is of no importance.
establish. grapple with - to try hard to
rush hour - a time during each understand a difficult idea or to
day when traffic is at its heaviest.) solve a difficult problem.
insulate - protect.
stemming from outside -
have/has roots in other countries.)
Set 43
(a) The result was a pejorative
Set 44
(a) Similarly, India has now
created history with its

Mangalyaan now having entered Set 45

into orbit around Mars.
(a) As a lesson, visitors to the zoo
(b) When John F Kennedy told the must realize that their attempts to
US Congress in 1961 that America get closer to animals than the
must go for the moon, it not only rules permit are both foolhardy
led to the Apollo 11 moon landing and irritating for the animals.
in 1969 but also inaugurated
decades of American innovation, (b) Its subsequent behaviour is
ingenuity and progress. hardly abnormal, even if the
consequences have been truly
(c) It also spent the least money to tragic.
do so its $72 million budget
was less than what it took to (c) The tragic death of a young
produce the Hollywood film adult in the Delhi zoo raises some
Gravity. very serious concerns about how
things are managed at the zoo
(d) India is the third country to and also how visitors to the place
achieve this, the first in its maiden behave.
attempt, the first in Asia.
(d) Not only did the boy enter the
(e) The moon shot was as much enclosure, but it appears that
about conquering frontiers of there were stones thrown at it to
space as about conquering odds try and scare it away.
on earth.
(e) This is not a case of an animal
(f) Now that we have had our Mars attacking a human being
shot, we need a Mangalyaan for unprovoked.
the economy like the
Americans did with their moon (foolhardy - recklessly bold and
shot. careless.
subsequent behaviour -
(ingenuity - creativity and following/next behaviour.
originality. scare away - to cause (someone
moon shot - a spacecraft mission or something) to go away and stay
to the moon.) away because of fear or because
of possible trouble, difficulty, etc.
unprovoked - not been caused by
anything and is therefore unfair.)

Set 47
(a) But self-aware AI would also
be smarter than humans.
Set 46
(b) Hitherto machines were
designed to only surpass human
the Centre is reportedly thinking physical limitations.
about introducing enhanced safety
standards for cars. (c) Despite being an early adopter
of technology himself, his cautious
(b) Records show that 1,37,423 approach to AI is rooted in
people died last year from genuine fears.
accidents on Indian roads, the
single biggest cause of accidental (d) Distinguished physicist
death by a long margin. Stephen Hawking`s warning that
development of full-fledged,
(c) Such a move will encounter autonomous Artificial Intelligence
resistance from automakers, but if (AI) could spell the end of the
they can export cars which meet human race needs to be taken
enhanced safety standards, why seriously.
domestic market? (e) This would bring about a

reversal of roles where machines
(d) These should be made become masters and treat
mandatory as soon as possible, so humans the way we treat animals
that Indian auto safety standards today.
are in line with international
norms. (self-aware - having one's own
personality and intelligence.
(e) Contrary to a common Hitherto - until now or previously.
misconception, we need to fear surpass - be better/greater than.
road accidents far more than rooted in genuine fears - made,
terrorist bombs. or developed by using genuine
fears as a basis.
(Contrary to - in conflict with.) Distinguished - famous and
eminent.
full-fledged, autonomous - fully
developed, having the power to
make its own decisions.

spell the end of - lead to the end open admission - here it means
of.) - public act of agreeing that
something is true.
rigorous - strict.
in principle - in general.)
Set 48
(a) And the government must
ensure that touts are not able to
Set 49
for a fee.
(a) While this compromise deals
(b) That would be worse than an with the immediate problem, there
open admission that you take a remains a longer term issue to be
cab or an auto rickshaw or any addressed the three-language
other public transport vehicle at formula insisting that the third
your own risk. language should be an Indian
one.
(c) However, for it to serve the
purpose for which it is intended, (b) It is good that the government
the process of verification must be saw sense and allowed students
made rigorous. to continue with German as the
third language for the current
(d) Unless the process can be academic session, if they so
made rigorous and corruption-free, choose.
the verification may do little more
than offering a false sense of (c) In a fast globalising world, that
security. makes sense and policy must be
changed to allow it.
(e) The idea of making police
verification mandatory for all (d) To force them to make a
licences for public service vehicles change in the middle of the year
is in principle a good one. would have amounted to
penalising them for no fault of
(tout - illegal salesman. theirs.
aspiring driver - desiring to be a
driver. (e) As both anecdotal evidence
and a survey done, it's clear that a
majority of students and parents

would like to have the option of (e) Even though the number of
foreign languages while choosing such cases is not alarming, in a
the third language, as well. country where politicians in power
do not tire of saying how law is
(compromise - settlement of a equal for all, even the few who
dispute. manage to be on the run is not a
insisting - demanding forcefully to healthy sign.
have. (The long arm of the law
see sense - to be reasonable and (phrase) - the police.
have good judgment.
anecdotal - not based on facts or nab - catch (someone) doing
careful study.) something wrong.
stop turning a blind eye - stop
neglecting.
tire of - to become bored by.
be on the run - to be trying to
avoid being caught, especially by
Set 50 the police.)
(a) The long arm of the law
sometimes chooses not to stretch
out and nab some influential
accused.
(b) However, the shocking part is Set 51

when someone of those accused,
attends the assembly session and s not enough
still the police claim that they have for the government to only issue
not been able to track the accused safety guidelines for campuses.
down.
(c) If law enforcing agencies want wrong with our education system
to portray a good image then they and the reason why many
should stop turning a blind eye to children, especially slow-learners,
such cases. are afraid of school.
(d) And it's no secret how they (c) The incident exposed a
shocking reality that school
enforcers. teachers still resort to corporal
punishment to make students
learn.

(d) Precious time has been lost

(d) An 11-year-old boy from and an opportunity to solve the
Dharwad district suffered injuries issue scientifically and sensibly
after a woman school teacher beat has been squandered.
him up for not reading out a lesson
from his English textbook. (e) Then it sought to buy time from
agitating villagers near landfills.
(e) It must also ensure that young
minds are provided a good and (heap of troubles - a great
free environment to which they number of troubles.
would like to come every day. deadline ticking away - deadline
passing.
(resort to - to use. seize - to take something quickly
corporal punishment - physical and hold it.
punishment.) segregation - separation.
squandered - wasted.
buy time - delay an event
temporarily so as to have longer to
improve one's own position.
landfill - the disposal of waste
Set 52 material by burying it, especially
as a method of filling in and
(a) And now, it sits on a heap of reclaiming excavated pits.)
troubles with the deadline ticking
away and residents raising their
arms again.
(b) But it's still not late for the

government to completely seize
the issue, if it wants a clean Set 53
Karnataka and gain some political
capital too. (a) They must also ensure an
adequate high quality
(c) When the government of infrastructure and faculty,
Karnataka encountered the otherwise there is no point in
garbage issue, they began on the setting them up.
right note by glorifying segregation
of waste but later ruined it with (b) It follows, therefore, that
impossible deadlines and faulty merely opening up more institutes
implementation. with the same names is not good
enough.

(c) Instead these battery-operated

(c) But those are likely to be short- devices produce aerosol by
lived. heating a solution containing
among other things - nicotine.
(d) It should be clear to the
government that what attracts (d) Some other compounds too in
students to premier educational the aerosol other than Nicotine,
institutions like the IITs, IIMs or are toxic substances that have
AIIMS is not merely the brand known deleterious effects, and
name they have but the quality of might just be less harmful than
education they are able to give cigarettes, not harmless.
them.
(e) We all have heard about
(e) So, the Government must Electronic cigarettes(E-cigarettes),
realise that the announcements of in all forms Electronic Nicotine
their being set up may yield some Delivery System (ENDS), vapes,
brownie points in the short run. and e-hookahs.
(short-lived - lasting only a short (aid - to help.
time. deleterious - harmful.)
yield some brownie points - to
get praise or approval for
something you have done.)
Set 55
(a) And it's clearly reflected in the
Set 54 fact that biographies of non-
Kannadigas sell more than the
(a) E-cigarettes, which were to aid works of prominent Kannadigas
smokers kick their habit, do not due to their non availability in
burn tobacco leaves. ebook format.
(b) Nicotine is an addictive (b) And making works of Kannada

substance that may, according to literature available in ebook format
for them, only makes the market
euro- bigger.
degeneration.

(c) Publishers should bear in mind

that Kannadigas are among the (d) And that greatly helps in
most e- accident cases, where the initial
critical treatment must be offered
to a victim in a swift manner.
literary tradition gets short shrift in
the ebook market. (e) With conventional ambulances
not always available, it offers
(e) Frankly, it's more a reflection of service operators the opportunity
a lack of understanding of the to weigh options in an emergency
publishers than the fault of case.
readers, as making books
available in ebook format is solely (laudable - praiseworthy.
the publisher's job. notorious - with a bad reputation.
traffic snarl - traffic noise.
conventional - regular.)
(get short shrift - be treated
without sympathy and given little
attention.)
Set 57
Set 56 (a) However, the country is beset
with a monumental deficit of
(a) Studying the case at hand, organs available for transplants.
distance to the location, traffic
situation and accessibility, the (b) Many of these deaths could be
operator can quickly decide which averted by timely organ
ambulance to send out. transplants.
(c) Similarly, 1,000 liver

government is launching these transplants take place while
well-equipped vehicles in the 50,000 die of end stage liver
districts as well. disease.
(c) For a city notorious for its traffic (d) Hundreds of thousands of
snarls, it makes so much sense Indians die of organ failure every
that mobile ambulances are year.
entering the fray.

(e) According to the latest data, as (e) China and India are driving
against the demand for 1.75 lakh
kidney transplants, only 5,000 are trends.
carried out.
(staggering - deeply shocking.)
(beset - troubled.
monumental - huge.)
Set 59
(a) What the government does not
Set 58 seem to realize is that the use of
internet services on mobile
(a) According to a 2010 McKinsey phones is not just for social
study, the two countries are media.
expected to account for 62% of
(b) Even if we accept that such a
population between 2005 and ban is legally tenable, it still cannot
2025, and a staggering 40% of be banned merely to contain an
such growth worldwide. agitation.
(b) But it is equally important to (c) Hence it is in some sense a
acknowledge the critical very essential service.
differences between the two
countries. s
decision to ban mobile internet
(c) Statistics like these underscore services across Gujarat is a
the urgency of urban planning and disproportionate and ill-conceived
growth management. response to some people's
agitation.
(d) Variations in their urban growth (e) It's increasingly for e-
paths, as well as differences in commerce too.
their approaches to environmental
p
population challenges far more (tenable - justifiable.
difficult to address. disproportionate -
unreasonable.
ill-conceived - not carefully
planned or considered.)

(b) Fresh daily cases there are

now breaching the 10,000 barrier,
but other states like Punjab,
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and
Delhi are also seeing smaller but
Set 60 worrying surges.
(a) It is unlikely that any of the (c) Because, testing and
recent prize winners has as strong vaccination would help prevent the
an India connection as his. surge from taking the infection to
other areas.
(b) For example the lesson about
measurement being the key to
enforcing accountability. of limited lockdowns in Thane and
Aurangabad district to curb the
(c) And today various lessons from surge in Covid infections reveals
his work are quite relevant to the high degree of alarm among
Indian public policy, too. authorities.
(d) But, India, unfortunately, falls (e) For example greater testing,
short when it comes to and perhaps, even opening up
measurement. vaccination for all age groups in
areas witnessing surges.
(e) The winner of the 2015 Nobel
Prize for economics, Angus (arsenal - collection.
Deaton, has had a long head down the lockdown road -
professional association with going with lockdowns.)
India.
Set 61
Set 62
(a) Yet instead of heading down
the lockdown road which hits the (a) Getting the design right and
economy the hardest, the anticipating consequences are
government must now look at essential if these legislations are
other resources in its arsenal. to have an impact.

(b) Also on the agenda is a bill to

regulate crypto assets and series win over England has
introduce official digital currency. secured them a place in the World
Test Championship (WTC) final in
(c) Among them is a bill to England this summer.
establish a new development
financial institution.
Indian cricket has evolved that our
(d) And for achieving those, these players are no longer seen as
bills deserve an informed debate poor travellers or flat track bullies.
in Parliament and a thorough
scrutiny through a parliamentary (d) However, the format of WTC is
committee. such that no team can go all the
way on the strength of home
(e) In the current Parliamentary advantage alone.
session, the government plans to
table important economic
legislations. consecutive Test series victory at
home.
(f) Introducing laws in haste can
not only undermine good (emphatic - done or said in a
intentions, it can also mask the strong way and without any
extent of support they may draw doubt.
from the silent majority and only testimony - demonstration or
Parliament can offset these risks. evidence.
flat-track bully - a sportsperson
(offset - nullify or compensate for. who dominates inferior opposition,
legislation - laws; bills; acts. but who cannot beat top-level
in haste - in a hurry.) opponents.)
Set 63 Set 64
(a) Notable exclusions this year
home conditions was also are Italy, the Netherlands and
highlighted by that success.

USA, all of whom failed to make it (a) However, Justice M Sundar

through the qualifiers.
(b) This surely is the sign that

footballing excellence is slowly but Banerjee upheld the
surely getting democratised. disqualification order passed by
the speaker.
(c) With the biggest sporting
extravaganza kicking off in Russia, (c) Till that happens, the status
Fifa World Cup 2018 is set to quo remains, providing breathing
capture the imagination of space to the ruling party.
worldwide audiences for the next
30 days. (d) The Madras high court bowled
a googly in the much-anticipated
(d) Nonetheless, unpopular teams disqualification case of the 18
like Panama, Morocco and Peru rebel ruling party MLAs in Tamil
are making the cut. Nadu by delivering a split verdict.
(e) A total of 32 teams will (e) This means the case will now
compete for the highest honour in be referred to a third judge whose
world football ranging from tiny opinion will determine the final
Iceland to traditional powerhouses outcome.
Germany and Brazil.
(quash - to cancel or revoke.
(exclusion - elimination. uphold - to approve.
democratised - made status quo - the existing state of
(something) accessible to affairs.
everyone. provide breathing space -
make the cut - to be among the provide an opportunity to pause,
players allowed to continue relax, or decide what to do next.
playing.
Nonetheless - at the same time.)
Set 66
Set 65 problem is more fundamental:

governance standards are Set 67

appalling.
(a) And the latest postponement
(b) The surge in bad loans over
the last couple of years first raised fixation on putting together a
questions about the quality of summit with Russian President
credit appraisal at banks. Vladimir Putin.
(c) Among them, a fresh surge in (b) Highlighting the unpredictable
the level of bad loans, is the most nature of the Donald Trump
prominent one. administration, Washington has
(d) On the other hand, large
private sector banks have fared
better when it comes to bad (c) But coming against the
loans. backdrop of the ongoing trade
tussle between New Delhi and
(e) Banks have been making Washington, the rescheduling
headlines for all the wrong raises doubts about the Trump
reasons.
(f) But after RBI audits showed India as a strategic partner.

that they have understated their (d) True, the US side has affirmed
bad loans, doubts emerged about
their governance standards too.
(fundamental - underlying.
appalling - shocking. (e) The dialogue was already
governance - the action or rescheduled once earlier this year.
manner of governing an
organization, etc. (fixation - the action or process of
understate - describe or fixing or being fixed.
represent (something) as being put off - postpone.
smaller or less good or important against the backdrop - The
than it really is.) expression "against the backdrop
is a figurative and
going on in the background or

surrounding context when
something else happens.

proliferate - increase rapidly in

number; multiply.
fast buck - quick money.)
Set 68
(a) Because, bans have only
succeeded in driving these habits
into flourishing underground Set 69
businesses.
(a) But, despite being the main
(b) But if brought into the formal source of economic activity and
economy and regulated properly, perhaps population, urban India is
these could become income
earners for the government and
boost tourism. (b) Census data indicates it is also
home to 31% of the population.
positions on gambling and betting (c) This translates into big

have clashed with personal choice governance deficiencies where
for millenia. even stepping out during the
monsoon can become dangerous.
recommendation to legalise (d) However, it may be an

betting on sports and gambling underestimate as the World Bank
should be accepted by the
government. sprawl is brought into the picture,
it accounts for 55% of the
(e) Moreover, when criminalised, population.
they became avenues for criminal
rackets to take over, black money (e) Urban India
to proliferate, innocents falling
victim to fraud and a temptation for services industry taking the lead.
law enforcers to make a fast buck.
(underestimate - (also a noun) -
(moralistic position - a position an estimate that is too low.
characterized by or expressive of sprawl - a large area of land
a concern with morality. covered with buildings, especially
for millenia - for a long time.

ones that have been added avionics - electronics as applied

gradually over a period of time. to aviation.
lion's share - major share of scrambling - competing with
something.) other people for something there
is very little of.
spare - If something is spare, it is
available to use because it is
extra.
Set 70
(a) The idea here is to boost the
operational viability of an ageing
fleet till new fighters are inducted.
Set 71
(b) However, over the years the
fighters became obsolete in their (a) It could also be a reflection of
original form and had to be given
progressive upgrades of avionics institutions are working at some
and weapon systems. level.
(c) The Indian Air Force(IAF) is (b) Plus, in 1982 most of the
scrambling to acquire old jets for medallists came from
spares to bolster its existing fleet Maharashtra, Punjab and
of fighters. Rajasthan.
(d) For example, the IAF has 118 (c) The changing composition
Jaguar fighters today and it began exemplifies the growing popularity
acquiring them way back in 1979 of sports in the country.
from the UK.
(e) But this in turn made those performance in the 1982 Asiad
overweight, leading to several when we hosted the Games
accidents and loss of lives. with the just concluded edition in
Indonesia reveals that the
(viability - ability to work
successfully. truly come from all corners of the
fleet - a number of vehicles or nation.
aircraft operating together or
under the same ownership.
inducted - introduced to. Punjab and Tamil Nadu that
dominate.

to tolerate duplicity in fighting

(f) India won a record 69 medals terrorism.
at the just-concluded Asian
Games in Indonesia.
Set 73
Set 72 (a) Linking the retail price of fuel to
crude is a reform we have
(a) The US cited the lack of supported.
decisive action in support of its
anti-terror strategy as the reason
for the cut in aid and they want justification for the current
Pakistan not to be selective in incidence of taxes.
dealing with terrorists.
(b) The US government last week crippling incidence of taxes

announced a permanent cut of imposed on the retail price when
$300 million in aid to Pakistan. crude prices collapsed in 2015.
(c) The timing could not have been (d) Consequently, consumers
t benefit entirely from the
macroeconomic indicators are downslide and are today paying a
worsening and it will need help record retail price.
from the International Monetary
Fund, where the US has a (e) Retail fuel prices rose
decisive say. yesterday for the tenth straight
day, driven by a combination of a
weakening rupee and firming up of
should heed this advice as its crude oil price.
current path will lead to greater
isolation and recurring economic
crises.
(e) The announcement came just

ahead of US Secretary of State Set 74
and sends an unambiguous signal (a) Experts have pointed to clear
that America is no longer prepared structural reasons for this, such as

domestic violence, marital rape, (b) They borrowed a concept from

lack of economic independence, nuclear plants which are designed
differences among men and on the assumption that if human
women in access to mental errors are inevitable then risk can
healthcare or other avenues for be minimised only by incorporating
dealing with stress. that into safety design.
(b) This is a serious health (c) If the driver is the main cause
challenge for both sexes in our of accidents, the solution lies in
country but women are dealing with this fact.
significantly more vulnerable than
men. (d) Police data show that the
primary cause of accidents often
(c) Suicide is shockingly the most involves the drivers.
common cause of death in the age
group of 15-39 years. (e) Two decades ago, Sweden
overturned the traditional view of
(d) Essentially, the entrenched safety by accepting that human
patriarchy in institutions of errors are inevitable.
marriage and family can be
brutally traumatic, and drive a (f) They account for 84% of
woman to despair. accidents and 80% of deaths on
all roads.
(e) Some of them specifically
blame the high incidence of
underage marriages and various
studies have also made it clear
that the highest proportion of
suicide deaths among women in Set 76
India involves married women.
(a) This is unfortunate because
(The correct arrangement -
parliamentary committee contains
the blueprint of banking reforms.
Set 75 (b) His answers, which include

potential sources of future risk, are
(a) In this context, Sweden may in the public domain.
accident problems. (c) That should be the focus of

attention as the current system is

exacerbating the NPA crisis (The correct arrangement -

through lending mandated by
licy.
(d) Raghuram Rajan, formerly
governor of RBI and finance Set 78
has, in response to a request from (a) The apex court partially struck
the parliamentary estimates down Section 57 of the Aadhaar
committee, provided an overview Act thereby preventing private
biometric identification system to

(e) Unfortunately they have provide services.
triggered a political war of words
between the ruling and the (b) Nor can it be compulsory for
opposition party. school admissions.
(The correct arrangement - (c) Similarly, the court also struck

down Section 33 (ii) which allowed
) disclosure of identity information
and Aadhaar authentication data
in the interest of national security.
Set 77
(d) Additionally, Aadhaar now is
(a) In a sense, Indian cricket in the not mandatory for opening bank
long format resembles the Indian accounts or getting mobile phone
economy. connections.
(b) Not since 2007 has India won (e) In a landmark judgment, the
a Test series in England. Supreme Court has upheld the
constitutional validity of Aadhaar
(c) If the Indian team is to become but struck down several
effective in all conditions, these contentious provisions to
flaws need to be addressed. safeguard privacy and prevent
misuse of data.
(d) In challenging conditions, a lot
of flaws show up. (The correct arrangement -
(e) Statistically and in benign )

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