For the four sentences (s1 to s4) paragraph below, sentences s1 and s4 are given. From the options P,Q,R choose the appropriate sentences for s2 and s3 respectively.  S1. India’s rural districts, home to nearly 74% of the Indian population, accounted for 65% of all Covid-19 tests conducted in August, and 55% of new cases reported that month. S2. S3. S4. This is the first time that the district level data on testing from across the country was made public.  Options; P. The government will start distributing wheat and ragi through the public distribution system in October. Q. The government this week released in Parliament data on the number of Covid-19 tests conducted in each of India’s 734 districts in August. R. Urban districts, on the other hand, are home to 14% of the population and accounted for nearly 22% of all the tests conducted in August, with 28% of the cases reported that month coming from them.

Directions for questions 8 to 10: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.(a)  India, which made up 16 per cent of the global population, carries 20 per cent of its disease burden.(b)  The country has fallen victim to diseases of the developing as well as the developed world.(c)  India’s population is inflicted with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and encephalitis.(d)  Lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular ailments are also on the rise.(e)  However, despite these widespread, often endemic problems, India conducts less than 2 per cent of all clinical trials in the world.a and cb and da, b and ec, d and e

For the four-sentence (S1 to S4) paragraph below, sentences S1 and S4 are given. From the options P, Q and R, choose the appropriate sentences for S2 and S3 respectively. S1: The tourism and transport industry is in total shambles due to the lockdowns during the current pandemic caused by Covid 19. S2: __________ S3: __________ S4: Many organizations have mounted a 360° virtual tour to allow the potential tourists to get a foretaste of the real thing. P: To combat this problem, the governments across the globe, tourist destinations and other players have come up with the novel idea of offering virtual tours to the general public. Q: The New York city's Broadway is streaming its famous productions through social media. R: By doing so, they are not only providing relief to the people staying put in their homes by showcasing popular destinations but also promoting themselves amongst their target customers.

Directions for questions 1 to 4: The sentences given in each of the following questions, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is indicated with a number. Choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph and indicate the correct sequence in the box provided below each question.With 75 percent of the space rented to the multinationals, this exhibition had the participation of 13 companies from Europe.With 50 companies participating and looking at the $30 billion Indian market in the telecommunication sector, for the next eight years the latest technology was on display.Against the backdrop of a sweeping wave of liberalisation, this proved a bonanza for the multinationals and their Indian partners to exhibit their bag of telecommunication technology.India Comm'92  the second international exhibition and conference on tele-communication and computer equipment, systems and related services, was organised recently.

Directions for question 10: The following question presents 5 statements of which 4 when placed in appropriate order would form a contextually complete paragraph. Pick the statement that is not part of that context and indicate the number corresponding with it in the box provided below the question.The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) being at the cutting edge, where political and professional executives interact, has had to bear the brunt of the changes.Since IAS officers enjoy special privileges and protection under the constitution citizens expect them to remain accountable to society at large.The vastly changed political environment was uppermost on the minds of the probationers at the golden jubilee get together of the National Academy of AdministrationThe biggest regret many retired officers have is of not having done enough to reduce the enormous power that clerks, assistants and inspectors wield in the system and who have become the real permanent civil service.Civil servants are increasingly facing a conflict between their accountability to the government of the day and their accountability to society at large.

Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.a.  The shocking denial of access to basic facilities at the village level institutionalizes inequality of opportunity and has prevented the poor from rising.b.  Urban facilities provide some social mobility.c.  But rural facilities are so typically pathetic as to become poverty traps.d.  For this, our politicians are squarely to blame for these heroes are the zeroes who ensured continuing inequality of opportunity, poverty and powerlessness.e.  Their solution is to compete in offering caste-based reservations, not providing the equality of opportunity that might make caste irrelevant.a and ca, b and ec and db and c