1 A This is an unprecedented level of acceptance for any technology company anywhere in the world!
B You have joined us from across our great nation…all 29 states and 7 union territories of India
C Only because of the affection and enthusiasm shown by you… our first 100 million customers
D We are grateful for… and truly humbled by… the enormous belief and unwavering trust that you have placed in us. Jio has risen to these lofty heights
B You have joined us from across our great nation…all 29 states and 7 union territories of India
C Only because of the affection and enthusiasm shown by you… our first 100 million customers
D We are grateful for… and truly humbled by… the enormous belief and unwavering trust that you have placed in us. Jio has risen to these lofty heights
2 A He claimed that many voters have also not received their voting slip, which has prevented them from exercising their franchise.
B "People want to vote but not able to due to these glitches. The confusion will have an impact on the results," Mr Shelar said.
C After engaging in bitter war of words with Shiv Sena during civic poll campaigning, Mumbai BJP unit president Ashish Shelar today said glitches like delay in release of voters' list might have an impact on the poll results.
D "The release of list of voters got delayed and there was also a change in polling booths. All this may have an impact on elections," BJP Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar told reporters after casting his vote in suburban Bandra.
B "People want to vote but not able to due to these glitches. The confusion will have an impact on the results," Mr Shelar said.
C After engaging in bitter war of words with Shiv Sena during civic poll campaigning, Mumbai BJP unit president Ashish Shelar today said glitches like delay in release of voters' list might have an impact on the poll results.
D "The release of list of voters got delayed and there was also a change in polling booths. All this may have an impact on elections," BJP Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar told reporters after casting his vote in suburban Bandra.
3 A Pakistan has cancelled terrorist Hafiz Saeed's license to carry weapons, a Pakistani official said today.
B "The Punjab Home Department cancelled licenses of 44 weapons for security reasons," the official told PTI today.
C The Pakistan government on January 30 had put Saeed and four other members of his organisations under house arrest in Lahore for a period of 90 days.
D Citing security reasons, the home department of Pakistan's Punjab said that the step to revoke the licenses of 44 weapons issued to Saeed and others members of his organisations, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falaha-e-Insanyat (FIF), been taken in line with the government's actions against the terrorist.
B "The Punjab Home Department cancelled licenses of 44 weapons for security reasons," the official told PTI today.
C The Pakistan government on January 30 had put Saeed and four other members of his organisations under house arrest in Lahore for a period of 90 days.
D Citing security reasons, the home department of Pakistan's Punjab said that the step to revoke the licenses of 44 weapons issued to Saeed and others members of his organisations, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falaha-e-Insanyat (FIF), been taken in line with the government's actions against the terrorist.
4 A They even met the principal, Rajendra Prasad, and objected to Khalid's participation.
B Delhi University's Ramjas College on Tuesday called off a seminar being held on campus after members from the students' union and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protested the participation of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid.
C Khalid, who was arrested last year on sedition charges, was scheduled to speak in the afternoon at a two-day event titled 'Cultures of Protest' that was organised by the Literary Society and English department of Ramjas College.
D The JNU student was invited to speak about his PhD work, at a session titled 'The War in Adivasi Areas'.
E Before he could reach though, members of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) and ABVP reached the campus and began protesting, disrupting the proceedings.
B Delhi University's Ramjas College on Tuesday called off a seminar being held on campus after members from the students' union and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protested the participation of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid.
C Khalid, who was arrested last year on sedition charges, was scheduled to speak in the afternoon at a two-day event titled 'Cultures of Protest' that was organised by the Literary Society and English department of Ramjas College.
D The JNU student was invited to speak about his PhD work, at a session titled 'The War in Adivasi Areas'.
E Before he could reach though, members of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) and ABVP reached the campus and began protesting, disrupting the proceedings.
5 A The price tags associated with English cricketers Ben Stokes and Tymal Mills might hog the headlines, but overall, the Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction on Monday was a rather conservative affair
B And 65% of the players were bought at their reserve prices.
C Several players with a high reserve price found no bidders at all.
D The eight teams together spent less than two-thirds of their total available budget of Rs148 crore, with five of the eight teams buying fewer players than they required.
B And 65% of the players were bought at their reserve prices.
C Several players with a high reserve price found no bidders at all.
D The eight teams together spent less than two-thirds of their total available budget of Rs148 crore, with five of the eight teams buying fewer players than they required.
6 A The hunger strike decision was taken by DMK working Stalin after consulting with party MLAs on February 19, a day after the jailed AIADMK chief VK Sasikala's proxy Edapaddi Palaniswami won the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
B DMK Working President MK Stalin along with party leaders on Wednesday began their day-long hunger strike protest in Tiruchi against the forcible eviction of party MLAs from Tamil Nadu assembly during the trust vote on February 18.
C Days before, DMK had appealed Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao to 'nullify' the vote of confidence won by Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
D A massive security arrangement has been put in place across Tamil Nadu to prevent any untoward incidents during the protest.
B DMK Working President MK Stalin along with party leaders on Wednesday began their day-long hunger strike protest in Tiruchi against the forcible eviction of party MLAs from Tamil Nadu assembly during the trust vote on February 18.
C Days before, DMK had appealed Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao to 'nullify' the vote of confidence won by Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
D A massive security arrangement has been put in place across Tamil Nadu to prevent any untoward incidents during the protest.
7 A The results of those few short hours would determine who would go to grammar school, to be prepared for university and the professions; who was destined for technical school and thence skilled work
B At the age of 11, tens of thousands of us all around the country were ushered into desk-lined halls to take an IQ test known as the 11-Plus.
C It was aspired to, debated and – most important of all – measured.
D I was growing up in England in the latter half of the 20th century, the concept of intelligence loomed large.
B At the age of 11, tens of thousands of us all around the country were ushered into desk-lined halls to take an IQ test known as the 11-Plus.
C It was aspired to, debated and – most important of all – measured.
D I was growing up in England in the latter half of the 20th century, the concept of intelligence loomed large.
8 A There would follow a provisional closed-door run-through to decide if the completed ballet could be presented to the public, after which it would either be scrapped or sent back to the creative workshop for repairs
B The daunting auditions of Soviet legend—teachers scrutinizing preadolescents for the slightest physical imperfection—found an ideological parallel in the required inspections by censorship boards at the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky–Kirov theaters.
C In Russia, during the Soviet era, government control made the challenge of getting a ballet onto the stage no less onerous than being admitted into the ballet schools of Moscow or Leningrad.
D First, the subject of a prospective ballet was adjudicated in terms of its fulfillment of the demands for people-mindedness; the music and the dance would be likewise assessed.
B The daunting auditions of Soviet legend—teachers scrutinizing preadolescents for the slightest physical imperfection—found an ideological parallel in the required inspections by censorship boards at the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky–Kirov theaters.
C In Russia, during the Soviet era, government control made the challenge of getting a ballet onto the stage no less onerous than being admitted into the ballet schools of Moscow or Leningrad.
D First, the subject of a prospective ballet was adjudicated in terms of its fulfillment of the demands for people-mindedness; the music and the dance would be likewise assessed.
9 A Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do
B But it had no pictures or conversations in it
C And what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?'
D Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading
B But it had no pictures or conversations in it
C And what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?'
D Once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading
10 A If present immigration trends continue, that could mean the United States would push hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Brazilians, Ecuadorans, even Haitians into Mexico.
B Buried deep in the Trump administration's plans to round up undocumented immigrants is a provision certain to enrage Mexico — new authority for federal agents to deport anyone caught crossing the southern border to Mexico, regardless of where they are from.
C Currently, such people are detained in the U.S. and allowed to request asylum.
D President Trump wants them to do so from Mexico, communicating via video conference calls with U.S. immigration officials from facilities that Mexico would presumably be forced to build.
B Buried deep in the Trump administration's plans to round up undocumented immigrants is a provision certain to enrage Mexico — new authority for federal agents to deport anyone caught crossing the southern border to Mexico, regardless of where they are from.
C Currently, such people are detained in the U.S. and allowed to request asylum.
D President Trump wants them to do so from Mexico, communicating via video conference calls with U.S. immigration officials from facilities that Mexico would presumably be forced to build.
11 A The entry late last year of Reliance Industries' wireless carrier Jio into India's crowded telecoms sector with its free voice and deeply discounted data plans has pushed rivals to slash costs, sharply eroding their profits.
B Bharti Airtel said on Thursday it will buy Telenor (India) Communications Pvt Ltd, as part of which it will acquire the Norwegian company's operations in six Indian states.
C Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecoms network operator, is buying Norwegian Telenor's India unit, in yet another consolidation move in the country's telecoms sector driven by upstart rival Jio's disruptive pricing
D It did not disclose financial terms of the deal.
B Bharti Airtel said on Thursday it will buy Telenor (India) Communications Pvt Ltd, as part of which it will acquire the Norwegian company's operations in six Indian states.
C Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecoms network operator, is buying Norwegian Telenor's India unit, in yet another consolidation move in the country's telecoms sector driven by upstart rival Jio's disruptive pricing
D It did not disclose financial terms of the deal.
12 A The complexity of their workings, their miraculous processes of growth?
B Our first lecture by a psychiatrist, who spoke of the feelings and thoughts of whole people, gave me an extraordinary sense of homecoming
C Years ago, I fell in love with the body, and especially with the brain
D Yet after months in medical school absorbed by anatomy, biochemistry, pathology I began to feel that something, or possibly someone, was missing
E Once acquainted with them, who could fail to marvel at the elegance of their parts
B Our first lecture by a psychiatrist, who spoke of the feelings and thoughts of whole people, gave me an extraordinary sense of homecoming
C Years ago, I fell in love with the body, and especially with the brain
D Yet after months in medical school absorbed by anatomy, biochemistry, pathology I began to feel that something, or possibly someone, was missing
E Once acquainted with them, who could fail to marvel at the elegance of their parts
13 A The planets circle tightly around a dim dwarf star called Trappist-1, barely the size of Jupiter.
B For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life
C The others are right on the doorstep.
D This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according to NASA and the Belgian-led research team who announced the discovery Wednesday.
E Three are in the so-called habitable zone, the area around a star where water and, possibly life, might exist.
B For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life
C The others are right on the doorstep.
D This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according to NASA and the Belgian-led research team who announced the discovery Wednesday.
E Three are in the so-called habitable zone, the area around a star where water and, possibly life, might exist.
14 A The state government, determined to complete the 302-kilometer road quickly, paid Singh way over the market price -- 10 million rupees ($150,000) -- for about an acre of land and an old house.
B And that's an ominous sign for India's prime minister.
C The road cuts through the yellow mustard fields of northern India, extending from Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, to Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh
D A smooth, six-lane expressway has made Kailash Singh a rich man.
E On the way, it passes straight through Singh's farm.
B And that's an ominous sign for India's prime minister.
C The road cuts through the yellow mustard fields of northern India, extending from Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, to Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh
D A smooth, six-lane expressway has made Kailash Singh a rich man.
E On the way, it passes straight through Singh's farm.
15 A No, Akshay's character is in no way related to or similar to SRK's iconic Kabir Khan.
B Hockey coach seems to be a favourite with B-Town stars when it comes to choosing a character.
C After Shah Rukh Khan nailed it in Chak De! India, it is Akshay Kumar, who will now be playing a hockey coach in a film.
D Rather, Akki will be essaying Balbir Singh, who was the coach of the three-time Olympic medal-winning Indian hockey team.
B Hockey coach seems to be a favourite with B-Town stars when it comes to choosing a character.
C After Shah Rukh Khan nailed it in Chak De! India, it is Akshay Kumar, who will now be playing a hockey coach in a film.
D Rather, Akki will be essaying Balbir Singh, who was the coach of the three-time Olympic medal-winning Indian hockey team.
