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Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) are daily (A)/ dietary nutrient intake
levels which would be sufficient to meet (B)/ _____________________ (C)/ while
Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) are (D)/ the average daily nutrient intake
levels of the population. (E)

1. derive acceptable reference body weight values through the lifespan

2. emerging concerns on prevalence of hypertension
3. moderate and heavy activity have been set
4. the nutrient requirements of nearly all healthy individuals
5. recommending dietary allowances and nutrient requirements for Indians

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The Supreme Court on Thursday endorsed a (A)/ refund and credit shell policy
scheme (B)/ proposed by the government (C)/ ______________________ (D)/ cancelled
during the lockdown. (E)

1. equitably balanced the interests of the passengers

2. open credit shells in the name of passengers.
3. to reimburse passengers whose flights were
4. which include tickets booking prior
5. will pay the refunds to the travel agent

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Wholesale sales of passenger vehicles and two-wheelers posted growth (A)/ for a
second straight month driven by expectations (B) / ___________________ (C)/
consumer sentiment during Diwali and a growing shift (D)/ towards personal
mobility as a result of COVID-19 .(E)

1. sales in much regions and continued benefit from pent-up demand

2. volume performance by most automobile companies were encouraging
3. of higher demand on account of an anticipated improvement in
4. the green shoots of recover are clear visible
5. increased enquiry levels indicates strong auto sales

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The medical faculty and a section of the nursing staff at the (A)/ Government
Medical College went on a flash strike and staged (B)/ a demonstration on the
hospital campus soon after the (C)/ government suspended a doctor and two head
nurses in connection with (D)/______________. (E)

1. he shortage of nursing assistants, staff nurses and other ancillary staff

2. the visuals of the patient’s plight has evoked much outrage.
3. who had been admitted to the COVID ward recently
4. the alleged negligence in the care of a patient at the Medical College Hospital
5. issued suspension orders on a report filed by the Director of Medical Education

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(A) Understanding dignity of labour is crucial.

(B) women aged 60 years work as garbage cleaner are bearing the brunt of the
nation’s fight against Covid-19. (i) By the time women aged 60…………
(ii) As of now women aged 60………..
(iii) At a time when women aged 60……..

1. Only (ii)
2. Only (iii)
3. Both (ii) & (iii)
4. Both (i) & (iii)
5. All (i), (ii), (iii)

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(A) Journalists and human rights activists continue to operate in a dangerous

climate.
(B) The Whistleblower Protection Act has sought to improve the environment for
freedom of speech
(i) Although the whistleblower………..
(ii) Nevertheless whistleblower………
(iii) Therefore the whistleblower ………

1. Only (iii)
2. Only (ii)
3. Both (ii) & (iii)
4. Both (i) & (ii)
5. All (i), (ii), (iii)

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(A) India still continues to maintain one of the lowest case fatality rates.
(B) An escalating number of COVID-19 cases in the last few months
(i) Notwithstanding an escalating …….
(ii) Despite an escalating……..
(iii) Instead of escalating…….

1. Both (i) & (ii)

2. Only (i)
3. Only (iii)
4. Both (ii) & (iii)
5. All (i), (ii), (iii)

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The tragic _________ of the Northern Muslim community, ________ by an

unwelcoming Tamil nationalist political landscape and in fear of being attacked by
Sinhala-Buddhist majoritarian forces, is but a symptom of _________ that gravely
threatens Sri Lanka’s chances for a plural and democratic post-war future.
(i) bleak
(ii) polarisation
(iii)embolden
(iv) predicament
(v) distraught
(vi)ephemeral

1. (ii), (i), (iv)

2. (iii), (ii), (iv)
3. (iv), (v), (ii)
4. (v), (vi), (iii)
5. none of these

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Predicament - a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

Distraught - very worried and upset.
Polarisation - division into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or
beliefs.
Bleak- exposed
Ephemeral- lasting for a very short time
Embolden- give the confidence

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As societies ___________ by the novel coronavirus pandemic witness heightening

fear, economic deprivation and a persisting _____________ of public events,
remembering the past to chart a progressive future has become a ________.
(i) reduced
(ii) overwhelmed
(iii) tacit
(iv) wrath
(v) curtailment
(vi) casualty

1. (v), (ii), (vi)

2. (ii), (v), (vi)
3. (iv), (iii), (i)
4. (v), (ii), (iv)
5. none of these

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Stubble burning refers to the practice of farmers setting fire to plant _____that
remain in farms after harvest. Before the 1980s, farmers used to till the remaining
debris back into the soil after harvesting the crops_________. The origin of stubble
burning can be traced to the _________ of the Green Revolution and mechanised
harvesting.
(i) implied
(ii) advent
(iii) manually
(iv) debris
(v) vanquish
(vi) cessation

1. (v), (ii), (vi)

2. (ii), (v), (vi)
3. (iv), (iii), (ii)
4. (v), (ii), (iv)

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Debris – remains
advent - arrival
implied- suggested but not directly expressed
vanquished- defeat thoroughly
cessation- being brought to an end.

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(A) More than three years after its request to join the exercise, last week India
announced that the Australian Navy would participate in Malabar 2020.
(B)This is the first time Australia will be joining the exercise after 2007 and it will
bring all four countries of the Quadrilateral grouping together for military games.
(C) It is being held off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal.
( D) The second phase is scheduled to be held in the Arabian Sea and the planning
conference for the exercise was held virtually to work out the modalities
(E) The first phase of the Malabar Naval exercise with Australia, Japan and the U.S.
is scheduled to be held next week.
(F) Phase 1 of the exercise, seen as coming together of four like-minded countries,
with huge interests in Indo-Pacific region, against growing Chinese military and
political influence, will last until 6 November.

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