A. It could possibly lead to serious injuries, hence a mate for N’ Pongo became inevitable.
B. Within the span of one year, N’ Pongo grew double the size and the need to obtain a mate for him arose, for it becomes unsafe for the humans around.
C. Every afternoon he was brought out onto the lawn to show off his skills in front of his admirers.
D. Owing to his attractive appearance and disposition, good manners and a well-developed sense of humor, N’ Pongo soon became the darling of the zoo.

A. Chronic infections such as typhoid, chickenpox and others, for example, are no longer feared.
B. A factor contributing to the rapid rise of the population in recent years has been the drop in the death rate.
C. Because of medical breakthroughs, the death rate has decreased.
D. In 2001, the death rate in India was approximately 8.5 per thousand people.

A. Swarms have wreaked havoc on crops and caused famines and mass migrations.
B. Since prehistoric times, locusts have caused plagues.
C. Traditional methods of control rely on the use of pesticides from the ground or the air, although biological control approaches are also making great strides.
D. Changes in agricultural practices and improved observation of areas where swarms tend to form have lately allowed control measures to be implemented at an earlier stage.

A. He used to commit one theft a year on average. The stolen money lasted for the year.
B. He chose the house at Shotover Grange to commit his next burglary. He studied the design of the house carefully for a fortnight.
C. He found that the family had gone to London and the servants to the movie. He broke into the house one afternoon.
D. He hoped to get fifteen thousand pounds worth of jewels from the safe.

A. There are 1.52 billion Aadhaar cards given to the whole population as of February 2019.
B. A financial inclusion programme called the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) makes services like banking, remittance, and insurance accessible to every Indian at a reasonable price.
C. Under the acronym JAM—Jan Dhan Yojana for Financial Inclusion, Aadhaar Biometric Identification, and Mobile Telecommunications—India is on the verge of a social revolution.
D. Beneficiaries may open an account with no balance.

A. Due to tight deadlines for delivery and increased focus on performance outcomes, many employees are unable to enjoy a proper work life.
B. Stress could emanate out of various situations such as lifestyle, health or relationship issues, lack of support system at home and competitive focus on acquiring material symbols of success and career advancement.
C. In today’s fast-moving world, many young professionals are vulnerable to stress.
D. To add to this, the current economy has impacted many companies’ revenues and profits which, in effect, have put many jobs at risk resulting in the frequency of counselling support and guidance going up significantly.

A. It centres on the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
B. The film proved immensely popular, holding the all-time box-office gross record for more than a decade after its release.
C. Titanic is an American romantic adventure film released in 1997.
D. Most of the film’s story is then told in flashbacks as the protagonist recounts the Titanic’s fateful 1912 voyage.

A. The first is the herbalist, who generally enjoys the prestige and reputation of being the real traditional medical professional.
B. Over the years, I have come to distinguish three types of medical practitioners in African societies and to classify the extent to which each uses medicinal plants.
C. Thirdly, the witch doctor, the practitioner who is credited with the ability to intercept the evil deeds of a witch.
D. The second group represents the divine healers.

A. Both, Ratan and Moti were idlers and did not work.
B. Their wives had introduced order and industry in the house.
C. Ratan and Moti’s wives would work hard and would earn the bread for their family.
D. This made them lazier.

A. In 1944, he was honoured by King George VI with a Knighthood and became Sir Alexander Fleming.
B. On receiving this great honour, Fleming said in his usual modest way, “Wherever I go, people thank me for saving their lives. I didn’t do anything; I just found a remedy that was there.”
C. Fleming became famous overnight and was regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists of his time.
D. The next year, he and his fellow bacteriologists, whose combined efforts had led to the great discovery, were honoured with a joint Nobel Prize.

A. Water gives itself away for our agriculture and other uses.
B. Trees give flowers, fruits and wood.
C. Giving soothes an individual with the vibration of joy.
D. Unconditional giving is a natural principle and evident everywhere in nature which gives us solid, liquids and minerals.

A. It superseded India’s previous educational strategy, which was created in 1986.
B. The Indian union cabinet approved the country’s national education strategy on 29 July 2020.
C. And it provides a framework for education from the primary grades up to higher education, as well as for vocational training in both urban and rural settings.
D. This policy significantly improves India’s educational system. Restructuring India’s educational system is the primary goal of the National Education Policy 2022.

A. Bauxite is used as a main raw material for the production of aluminium.
B. Precipitation is a pre-final stage for actual production.
C. Sodium aluminate is acquired in the next step.
D. The smelting process actually extracts aluminium as a final product from its oxide.

A. She dashed from one side to the other, taking care not to destroy the lovely flowers in the garden.
B. Karen took a stroll in a lovely garden full of tulips and butterflies.
C. She discovered a swing constructed of tree branches behind a large bush.
D. Karen went onto the swing without hesitation and began swinging, causing the wind to dishevel her hair.
E. The small girl adored the outdoors and relished the breeze blowing through her hair.

A. Because of the region’s scorching heat and aridity, a considerable amount of water evaporates.
B. As a result, the salt and other minerals become increasingly concentrated.
C. It is then unable to exit the lake and is forced to evaporate.
D. The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water on the planet, with about ten times the salt content of typical saltwater.
E. This is because water flows into the Dead Sea from a single primary tributary, the Jordan River.

A. The so-called harmless activities of a small number of people are increasingly becoming a serious problem for the internet.
B. You would have seen an increasing amount of ‘junk mail’ showing up in your email box.
C. It is basically electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.
D. Spam is the flooding of the internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it.

A. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition.
B. Olympic Games is an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century.
C. Before the 1970s, the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes.
D. Currently, the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and football (soccer).

A. We recognise some aspects of an SF narrative with the realities of this world and some elements are estranged from the reality so as to take us to an unreal world.
B. Therefore, it is often suggested that ‘cognitive estrangement’ is a necessary means through which the SF is usually understood.
C. Science Fiction is a genre which manifests in itself the use of scientific premises often in a fantastical manner in a narrative.
D. It is highly seeped into the reality of this world.

A. There is a general belief that these medicines heal ailments safely.
B. The ‘safe healing’ is actually that which doesn’t have any side effects.
C. Positive healing without any unwanted effect on the body drives the trend.
D. Herbal medicines are a new trend these days.

A. I would attach as many as four of them to a crosspiece, rotably arranged on a thin spindle, and transmit the motion of the same to a large disc and so derive considerable ‘power’.
B. In my next attempt I seem to have acted under the first instinctive impulse which later dominated me – to harness the energies of nature to the service of man.
C. These creatures were remarkably efficient, for once they were started they had no sense to stop and continued whirling for hours and hours and the hotter it was the harder they worked.
D. I did this through the medium of May-bugs – or June-bugs as they are called in America – which were a veritable pest in that country and sometimes broke the branches of trees by the sheer weight of their bodies.

A. Those verses are collectively known as the Bhagavadgita.
B. His hesitation before the battle against his family became the occasion for his friend and charioteer, Lord Krishna, to deliver a discourse on dharma.
C. Arjuna was one of the five Pandava brothers, who are the heroes of the Indian epic, the ‘Mahabharata’.
D. He was the son of the god Indra and was famous for his archery.

A. “The most essential thing I learnt from ‘Ready Now!’ was the need of having a backup plan in case of an emergency,” she stated.
B. The instruction, according to Nickola, was inspiring and confirmed her capacity to live effectively with a disability.
C. I made sure I had a generator, wheelchair batteries and at least a week’s worth of food, water and prescription medication.”
D.”When I heard about the impending snowstorm, I emailed all of my caregivers to see who lived nearby and would be accessible.”

A. Another boy tried his luck and won a comb, a fountain pen, wristwatch and a table lamp one after the other in many chances that he played.
B. An old man won a beautiful clock. The old man did not want the clock, so the shopkeeper took it back and paid 15 rupees to the old man.
C. Bhaiya encouraged him, but Rasheed was not lucky when he tried his luck. He won only cheap items like pencils and an inkbottle, and soon lost all his money.
D. He sold all the items to the shopkeeper and went away happily. Rasheed also wanted to play and try his luck.

A. The movement began in reaction to the ugliness of the industrial age.
B. This idea was amplified by JW von Goethe, JL Tieck and others in Germany.
C. Aestheticism was a European arts movement which centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone.
D. Its philosophical foundations were laid in the 18th century by Immanuel Kant.

A. Anime is a style of animation popular in Japanese films.
B. Modern anime began in 1956 and found lasting success in 1961 with the establishment of Mushi Productions.
C. At the turn of the 21st century, anime began to attain wide international popularity with the Pokémon television series.
D. Much of the genre is aimed at children, but anime films are sometimes marked by adult themes and subject matter.