Astronomers have discovered 62 new moons orbiting the ringed planet Saturn.

Though some of the moons had been

(1)________ as early as 2019, it takes more than sighting an object close to a planet to (2) ________ it is a moon and
not an asteroid making a brief close passage to that planet.

Performing a painstaking (3) ________ of matching objects detected on different nights over the course of 24 months,
the team tracked 63 objects that they ended up confirming as moons. One of (4) ________ satellites was revealed back
in 2021, with the remaining 62 moons gradually announced over the past few weeks.

blank no. 1: 1. spotted 2. spot 3. Spotting 4. spots

blank no. 2: 1. sanction 2. confirm 3. consent 4. settle

blank no. 3: 1. progress 2. practice 3. process 4. product

blank no. 4: 1. that 2. those 3. this 4. These

Individuals might not always do just what we (1)________like them to do. No matter how justified or marginal our
requirements (2)________ we will occasionally be disheartened.

Instinctually, when our expectations are not fulfilled, we become hurt and upset. Altercations terrify us since they are
uncomfortable and have the potential to destroy relationships.

However, avoiding confrontation does not (3)________the dispute, as unanswered questions also have a detrimental
(4)________on relationships. Indeed, the true source of (5)________ is our confrontational style, not the problem itself.

blank number 1. 1. will 2. can 3. could 4. would

blank number 2. 1. has been 2. was 3. were 4. are

blank number 3. 1. revise 2. fix 3. modify 4. stop

blank number 4. 1. side 2. influence 3. Affect 4. effect

blank number 5. 1. issues 2. failure 3. quarrel 4. Contestation

Due to the fact that Shakespeare didn’t produce an autobiography, (1)______ is known about many parts of
his life and some of it remains a (2)______! Sometime before 1590, Shakespeare left Stratford. But where did
he go? Again, it is not clear why, although one story suggests it is because he had been forced to run away
from home after poaching deer! Little is known about what he did but eventually he travelled to London,
which was the biggest city in England, though much (3)______ than it is today. London provided
opportunities unavailable anywhere else in the country and many poor people went hoping to make their
fortunes. Importantly for Shakespeare, London had theatres! The first of these was opened in 1576 and by
1590 there were several ‘playhouses’ including the Rose, the Theatre and the Curtain. (4)______,
Shakespeare became an actor. However, he was soon writing plays too and by 1592, Shakespeare’s work was
being spoken about. One (5)______ writer – Robert Greene – wrote rude things about this newcomer and
referred to him as an ‘upstart crow’.

Disaster struck in 1593 when a terrible disease called the plague hit London. Thousands of people became
unwell and died and this caused the theatres to shut. Rather than giving up, Shakespeare turned to writing
poems rather than plays and soon the theatres were reopened.

blank no. 1. 1. little 2. insufficient 3. miniscule 4. ample

blank no. 2. 1. secret 2. history 3. exotic 4. mystery

blank no. 3. 1. smaller 2. bigger 3. younger 4. larger

blank no. 4. 1. Primitively 2. Initially 3. Firstly 4. First of all

blank no. 5. 1. inferior 2. jealous 3. bad 4. Rude

One month ago, he had lost his (1) __________ in a car crash. He had suffered from head injuries that had sent him into
a coma for two weeks. With the crash, his (2) _________ career as an F1 racer ended and all his ambitions tied to the
sport were (3) __________ He was one of the youngest racers to have made it to the F1 (4) __________ and his skills
were (5) _______ by any other racer in his country, they say.

Q.96 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. vision 2. mobile 3. hair 4. wallet

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

1. sinking 2. promising 3. surprising 4. traveling

Q.98 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. pushed 2. uplifted 3. crushed 4. stopped

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

1. group 2. circuit 3. friends 4. company

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

1. upheld 2. unmatched 3. matched 4. snatched

With the printing press, a new reading public emerged. Printing (1)______ the cost of books. The time and (2)______
required to produce each book came down. (3)______ copies could now be produced with greater (4)______. Books
flooded the market, reaching (5)______ to an ever-growing readership. Access to books (6)______ a new culture of
reading. Earlier, reading was (7)______ to the elites only. Common people (8)______ in a world of oral culture. They
heard (9)______ texts read out, ballads recited and folk tales (10)______. Knowledge was transferred orally.

blank no. 1. 1. reduced 2. recovered 3. reproduced 4. removed

blank no. 2. 1. fame 2. health 3. courage 4. labour

blank no. 3. 1. Compound 2. Mixed 3. Collective 4. Multiple

blank no. 4. 1. brilliance 2. beauty 3. ease 4. charity

blank no. 5. 1. in 2. out 3. at 4. off

blank no. 6. 1. create 2. created 3. is creating 4. creates

blank no. 7. 1. restricted 2. surrounded 3. controlled 4. deprived

blank no. 8. 1. live 2. lives 3. are living 4. lived

blank no. 9. 1. stuffed 2. secret 3. stored 4. sacred

blank no. 10. 1. recorded 2. enacted 3. narrated 4. depicted

Dhritrashtra’s discomfort was evident though he tried to (1)______ it. He said, “I don’t see why this is a matter of
(2)______ concern. At the appropriate time, when the planets are aligned (3)______, the proclamation of my eldest
son, Duryodhana, as the crown prince, shall (4)______.” Duryodhana’s face lit up on hearing this. But there were soft
(5)______ as a wave of uneasiness swept through the royal court. Vidura (6)______ up to speak, “Your Majesty, you
have (7)______ in the past that you are only a representative of King Pandu. (8)______, when the time comes, you
should (9)______ Pandu’s eldest son as his successor and the crown prince.” (10)______ had Vidura said this, than a
large number of courtiers echoed his statement in unison.

Q.61 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

1. shelter 2. Show 3. hide 4. pack

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

1. quiet 2. dull 3. grave 4. sober

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

1. dimly 2. bravely 3. Brightly 4. favourably

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

1. be making 2. be made 3. make 4. be make

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

1. calls 2. roars 3. murmurs 4. shouts

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 6.

1. stood 2. stand 3. has stood 4. was standing

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 7.

1. trusted 2. attested 3. proclaimed 4. decided

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 8.

1. Such 2. Until 3. So 4. If

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 9.

1. celebrate 2. coronate 3. collate 4. collaborate

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 10.

1. Hardly 2. Scarcely 3. No sooner 4. Barely