Direction (Qs.1-5): In the questions given below a sentence is given with three blanks in each. Corresponding to each question three columns are given with three words in each column. Which combinations of words from three columns will perfectly fit into the blanks to make the sentence contextually correct and meaningful.
Question No : 1
Second, India may need to _____ its existing institutional _____ for environmental governance in order to _____ it with the country’s green transformation.
(1) (A)-(D)-(I)
(2) (B)-(F)-(H)
(3) (C)-(F)-(G)
(4) (A)-(F)-(G)
(5) None of these
Question No : 2
The Pesticide Management Bill, 2020, is a long overdue law on this critical _____ of agriculture, in the making since 2008, to replace the _____ Insecticides Act, 1968. Globally, India is the fourth-largest producer of pesticides. As a first step, the proposed _____ covers all classes of pesticides, not just insecticides as the current law does.
(1) (A)-(D)-(I)
(2) (B)-(F)-(H)
(3) (C)-(F)-(G)
(4) (A)-(F)-(G)
(5) None of these
Question No : 3
Taking into _____ advances in modern pest management science and the _____ effects of synthetic pesticides, the Pesticide Management Bill should bring India’s pesticide sector _____ global norms, to some of which India has signed up.
(1) (A)-(D)-(I)
(2) (B)-(F)-(H)
(3) (C)-(F)-(G)
(4) (A)-(F)-(G)
(5) None of these
Question No : 4
As a recent report by the Council on Foreign Relations noted, “U.S. and Indian officials have _____ for years on tariffs and foreign investment limitations, but also on other complicated issues, particularly within agricultural trade. Concern for intellectual property rights has _____ the U.S. for thirty years, while issues _____ medical devices and the fast-growing digital economy have more recently emerged.”
(1) (A)-(D)-(I)
(2) (B)-(F)-(H)
(3) (C)-(F)-(G)
(4) (A)-(F)-(G)
(5) None of these
Question No : 5
In Assam, there are as many as 14 _____ plains tribe communities, 15 hill tribe communities and 16 Scheduled Caste communities. The plains _____ are Barmans in Cachar, Bodos, Deoris, Hojais, Kacharis, Sonowals, Lalungs, Mechs, Misings, Rabhas, Dimasas, Singphos, Khamtis and Garos. The ST (Hills) status is primarily reserved for tribes _____ in the two autonomous hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, where the Karbis and Dimasas are the most dominant in their respective areas.
(1) (A)-(D)-(I)
(2) (B)-(F)-(H)
(3) (C)-(F)-(G)
(4) (A)-(F)-(G)
(5) None of these