Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph.A) The Centre has since issued rules for conservation and management, and chosen 115 water bodies in 24 States for protection support, but this is obviously too little.B) Loss of natural wetlands is an ongoing catastrophe in India.C) A decade ago, when the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History released a conservation atlas for all States using space applications.D) Moreover, research studies show that the concentration of heavy metals in such sites is leading to bioaccumulation, thus entering the plants and animals that ultimately form part of people’s food.E) It reported the tragic fact that 38% of wetlands had already been lost nationally; and shockingly, in some districts only 12% survived.DCABEECBADBCEADBDAECNone of these

Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph.A) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal has promised a steady increase in solar power capacity, going beyond the target of 100 gigawatts by 2022.B) A warming globe with changes to the climate in the form of altered rainfall, drought, floods, lost biodiversity and reduced crop yields would particularly affect millions in China and India.C) This should lead to a scaling up of renewable energy and measurable decline in use of fossil fuels.D) India’s own commitment to the climate accord must be strengthened with clear and unambiguous actions.E) It is heartening that Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted the importance of the Paris Agreement on climate change at the Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum, and virtually cautioned incoming U.S. President Donald Trump against reneging on it.

Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:1. The legal status of resources mined in space remains ambiguous; and while the market for asteroid minerals is currently nonexistent, this is likely to change as technical hurdles diminish.2. Outer space is a commons, and all of it is open for exploration, however, space law developed in the 1950s and 60s is state-centric and arguably ill-suited to a commercial future.3. Laws adopted by the US and Luxembourg are first steps, but they only protect firms from competing claims by their compatriots; a Chinese company will not be bound by US law.4. Critics say the US is conferring rights that it has no authority to confer; Russia in particular has condemned this, citing the US’ disrespect for international law.5. At issue now is commercial activity, as private firms—rather than nation states—look to space for profit.

Question No 21.The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.1. The broad range estimates put forward in studies so far also have one thing in common: They're all much greater than the natural background rate.2. From dodos, to golden toads, to Tasmanian tigers, many species have succumbed to our unique blend of destruction.3. Humans are very good at wiping out wildlife.4. The exact number of animal species humans have driven to extinction is unknown, but it could be hundreds of thousands.

Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.1. With species extinction rates soaring, the UN aims to protect 30% of Earth's land and oceans by 2030.2. Conservation AI researchers have pioneered models that effectively analyze footage and images from drones and camera traps, identifying wildlife, including critically endangered species, and tracking their movements.3. This platform allows approved users to upload data and opt-in for email notifications upon detecting species of interest.4. They have developed a free online platform enabling automatic analysis of images, videos, or dio files, including real-time camera-trap footage.5. This rapid data processing by AI proves vital in enabling conservationists to swiftly respond to imminent threats like poaching and fires.

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.1. Some places, such as the southwest of the US, now in its 24th year of drought, may have switched permanently to a drier state.2. In general, the dry parts of the world are becoming drier, partly through reduced rainfall and partly through declining river flow.3. Rising temperatures cause increased evaporation and increased transpiration by plants and add to this problem.4. Many of the world’s major growing regions are now threatened by “flash droughts”, in which hot and dry weather sucks moisture from the soil at frightening speed.