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1. sustain
Answer: बनाए रखना, carry on
2. prevalence
Answer: फैलाव, widespread
3. descendent
Answer: वंशज, successor
4. dominant
Answer: प्रभावी, commanding
5. strain
Answer: तनाव, tension
6. mutation
Answer: पररवततन, alteration
7. evasion
Answer: टालना, avoidance
8. transmissible
Answer: संक्रामक, contagious
9. outbreak
Answer: चढाव, upsurge
10. prompted
Answer: प्रेररत करना, inspire
11. fatality
Answer: दर्ु टत ना, casualty
12. surveillance
Answer: ननगरानी, observation
13. ventilated
Answer: हवादार, oxygenate
14. refrain
Answer: रोक रखना, withhold
15. integrity
Answer: ईमानदारी, honesty
16. bound
Answer: आवश्यक, required
17. evince
Answer: ददखाना, reveal
18. catharsis
Answer: सफाई, purification
19. distraught
Answer: व्याकुल, worried
20. ingratiating
Answer: चापलसू , flattering
1. Ideas or sets of beliefs that

guide the actions of a person
or group.
Ans = Credo
2. Going on someone's land

without permission.
Ans = Trespass
3. Humour that shows the

weaknesses/bad qualities of a
person, government, society, etc.
Ans = Satire
promote (v) बढावा दे ना, encourage
Syn: endorse, sponsor
Ant: discourage, degrade
porous (adj) भेद्य, penetrable
Syn: permeable, pervious
Ant: impenetrable, impermeable
conferred (v) परु स्कृत, award
Syn: honour, accolade
Ant: disgrace, dishonour
sheer (adj) सम्पर्
ू ,त complete
Syn : absolute, utter
Ant : partial, restricted
dearth (n) कमी, scarcity
Syn: paucity, inadequacy
Ant: abundance, plethora
extinction (n) गायब, disappearance
Syn: eradication, vanishing
Ant: salvation, conservation
immense (adj) ववशाल, gigantic
Syn: colossal, enormous
Ant: miniature, minuscule
pursuing (v) पीछा करना, chasing
Syn: tracking, stalking
Ant: avoiding, ignoring
woefully (adv) बुरी तरह, abysmally
Syn: dreadfully, awfully
Ant: joyfully, cheerfully
pinnacle (n) सवोत्कृष्ट, highest
Syn: top, peak
Ant: lowest, mediocre
bristling (v) क्रोध करना, infuriating
Syn: enraging, exasperating
Ant: pleasing, gratifying
undertake (adj) शरूु करना, take up
Syn: accept, acknowledge
Ant: refuse, neglect
pity (n) दया, commiseration
Syn: sympathy, solace
Ant: cruelty, ferocity
dialect (n) उपभाषा, language
Syn: parlance, regional
Ant: standard, formal
erudite (adj) ववद्वान, well informed
Syn: knowledgeable, scholarly
Ant: unschooled, illiterate
callous (adj) ननदतयी, heartless
Syn: uncaring, insensitive
Ant: kind, compassionate
smite (v) मारना, hit
Syn: smack, strike
Ant: defend, guard
bloviate (v) लंबा भाषर् दे ना, harangue
Syn: prattle, orate
Ant: silent, quiet
copacetic (adj) उत्तम, excellent
Syn: outstanding, satisfactory
Ant: unsatisfactory, unacceptable
fanatical (adj) कट्टर, bigoted
Syn: partisan, prejudiced
Ant: unbiased, open-minded
1. Whip up
Meaning = stimulate a particular feeling.
2. Faff around
Meaning = behave indecisively.
3. After the lord mayor’s show
Meaning = a disappointing event occurring
straight after an exciting or triumphal event.
4. Grass up
Meaning = report someone to a person in
authority.
5. Go bananas
Meaning = To become irrational or crazy.
Literary borders should be porous and the Sahitya Akademi awards, which have been honouring writers of 24
Indian languages down the years, should be seen in that light. This year the Akademi has picked nine books of
poems, six novels, five short stories, three essays and one literary study in Dogri, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Manipuri,
Odia, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Santali and
others. It is a prize to be welcomed just for the sheer linguistic diversity it acknowledges in a country where there
is a change in dialect every few square kilometres, and no dearth of marginalised communities or languages
facing extinction. The possibilities are immense: in a country where not everyone has the ability to whip up a PR
frenzy, a Sahitya Akademi award is encouragement to keep pursuing the craft; writers can expect to see a rise in
sales and be taught in schools and universities; and readers can hope to discover hidden gems. Writers also have
the opportunity to be translated into other regional languages, and into English too. Neelum Saran Gour, who has
won this year for her English novel, Requiem in Raga Janki, which also bagged The Hindu Fiction Prize in 2018,
can look forward to her story being translated into other Indian languages. However, it is a pity that the Sahitya
Akademi awards, first conferred in 1955, do not have top-of-the-mind recall like the Booker Prize or the Pulitzer.
The National Academy of Letters was established in 1954 and its stated goal was to be “the central institution for
literary dialogue, publication and promotion in the country and the only institution that undertakes literary
activities in 24 Indian languages, including English”. To that end, the Sahitya Akademi does hold lectures,
readings, discussions, exchange programmes, and workshops, including all communities, but it is so woefully
promoted that few get to know of the programmes. Though the Sahitya Akademi award is the pinnacle, there
are other awards such as the Bal Sahitya award, the Yuva Puraskar and the Bhasha Samman or translation prize.
But not enough is being done to promote its activities. The Akademi’s website is not updated and is bristling with
grammatical errors; its social media presence is abysmal. It has brought out thousands of books, but the fact is
that the publications, though affordable, are hard to come by. At a time when children particularly are glued to
screens and losing their reading habits, the Sahitya Akademi with its extensive network should do more to
spread the word about India’s rich literary tradition.
The truth is, scientists, don’t know how many species of plants and animals exist on Earth. The most recent
estimate put that number at 2 billion, and that will most likely change at some point. One thing we do
know: The western black rhinoceros and the Tasmanian tigers are among the creatures whose populations
at one point __________to zero, and it’s possible that species extinction is happening a thousand times
more quickly because of humans. Extinction happens when environmental factors or evolutionary problems
cause a species to die out. The disappearance of species from Earth is ongoing, and rates have varied over
time. A quarter of mammals are at risk of extinction, according to IUCN Red List estimates. To some extent,
extinction is natural. Changes to habitats and poor reproductive trends are among the factors that can
make a species’ death rate higher than its birth rate for long enough that eventually, none are left. Humans
also cause other species to become extinct by hunting, overharvesting, and changing wetlands and forests
to urban areas. Even the rapid growth of the human population is causing extinction by ruining natural
habitats. Fossils show that there have been five previous periods of history when an unusually high number
of extinctions occurred in what is known as mass extinctions.
Most of the Earth’s species went extinct roughly 266 million to 252 million years ago in the Permian
extinction. Those losses, however, also paved the way for dinosaurs to evolve into existence, as mass
extinctions create a chance for new species to emerge. Using fewer fossil fuels, and recycling is one good
way to slow the rate of extinction. Eating less meat and avoiding products, like ivory, that are made from
threatened species also can make a difference.
1. According to the author, what can be certainly said about scientists’ reckoning of the
present species?
A.Scientists have an exact number of all the existing species.

B.Only a number of current marine species are miscalculated by scientists.
C.Scientists aren’t cognizant of the total number of existing species.
D.Only existing plants and bacteria have been correctly evaluated by scientists.
E.None of these
2. What is/are the reason(s) stated by the author about extinction?
A.Human activities such as overharvesting and urbanization.

B.Decline in reproduction rate of a species.
C.Change in the local environmental conditions.
D.The devastation of natural habitats of species.
E.All of these
3. According to the passage, when does a species is classified as critically endangered?
A.When there is a significant decline in the number of creatures of a particular species.

B.When a species gets vanished due to environmental factors or evolutionary problems.
C.When a species becomes rare in a particular region due to unsuitable climate.
D.When species migrate from one place to their nearby place due to loss in their habitat.
E.None of these
4. Choose the most appropriate filler from the following words to fill in the blank (I), as
highlighted in the given passage.
A.enhanced
B.dwindled
C.lament
D.resorted
E.None of these
5. Which of the following ways isn’t suggested by the author to mitigate the extinction
rate?
A.Avoid eating the meat of endangered species.

B.Abandon using products made up of periled species’ parts.
C.Less reliability on fossil fuels.
D.Recycling of goods.
E.None of these
6. Which of the following statements is Incorrect with reference to the passage?
A.Extinction rate of species is uniform over time.

B.Scientists estimated two billion species of plants and animals exist on Earth.
C.Mass extinction gives rise to the emergence of other species.
D.IUCN Red List claims that one–third of mammals is at risk of extinction.
E.None of these
7. Which of the following words is a synonym of ‘varied’?
A.constant
B.incessant
C.impede
D.persistent
E.diverse
8. Which of the following words is an antonym of ‘emerge’?
A.disappear
B.escalate
C.refute
D.trigger
E.prudent
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Answer: बनाए रखना, carry on

Answer: फैलाव, widespread

Answer: वंशज, successor

Answer: प्रभावी, commanding

Answer: तनाव, tension

Answer: पररवततन, alteration

Answer: टालना, avoidance

Answer: संक्रामक, contagious

Answer: चढाव, upsurge

Answer: प्रेररत करना, inspire

Answer: दर्ु टत ना, casualty

Answer: ननगरानी, observation

Answer: हवादार, oxygenate

Answer: रोक रखना, withhold

Answer: ईमानदारी, honesty

Answer: आवश्यक, required

Answer: ददखाना, reveal

Answer: सफाई, purification

Answer: व्याकुल, worried

Answer: चापलसू , flattering

1. Ideas or sets of beliefs that

2. Going on someone's land

3. Humour that shows the

A.Scientists have an exact number of all the existing species.

A.Human activities such as overharvesting and urbanization.

A.When there is a significant decline in the number of creatures of a particular species.

A.Avoid eating the meat of endangered species.

A.Extinction rate of species is uniform over time.

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