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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Manja, or the glass-coated string used for flying kites, not only poses threat to humans, animals and birds but also to trees. A study by the country's oldest botanical garden has revealed that it poses a great threat to trees. But how can a snapped string struck in a tree kill the tree? Apparently, it does so by allying with the creepers in the garden.

A research paper by three scientists of the Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, located in West Bengal's Howrah district, illustrates in detail how the manja, in collusion with climbers, does the damage. "The abandoned, torn kite strings act as an excellent primary supporting platform for the tender climbers, giving easy passage to reach the top of the trees. Lateral branches from the top of the climber and other accessory branches from the ground reaches the top taking support of the first climber, completely covers the treetop, thus inhibiting the penetration of sunlight," says the research paper.

What would be the acronym for India's oldest botanical garden?

What  was/were  the  formative  influence(s)on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi?

1.Gandhiji  was  influenced  by  the  18th century  Pranami  sect  that  advocated the unity of faiths.

2.Gandhiji    was    influenced    by    the theosophists.

3.Gandhiji was an admirer of the writings of Romantics like Wordworth.

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

“MEDDLE’

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It secured support from

P-government, a significant development in itself
Q-other sections of the
R-Opposition, and defeated the

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The party faithful, who

P - ­expectations, are now disillusioned
Q­ - had greeted his political arrival in 2004
R­ - with great enthusiasm, and

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Coleridge as well as Wordsworth were(a) of the opinion that the opposite of poetry is(b) not prose but(c) science. No error.(d)

1 watt is equal to 1 ____________

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The wide world is all

P - ­cannot for ever fence it out
Q­ - about you: you can fence
R­ - yourselves in, but you