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

Everyone expected Mary Zophres to win for her retro-revival Technicolor clothes in La La Land — the eventual winner, Colleen Atwood for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, seemed surprised too. But as other awards began to slip away from the well-reviewed musical, a theme could be teased out. What is Fantastic Beasts if not a plea for equal treatment of people, magical or otherwise? Then, Arrival, a film about the inherent benignity of aliens (read immigrants) won for Best Sound Editing. Hacksaw Ridge, which is, in a way, an anti-guns movie, won in two categories. Fences, about an African-American father who fears racial discrimination, took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Earlier, Moonlight, featuring two minority communities (black and gay), won for Best Supporting Actor. This turned out to be one of those years the Oscar voter was underestimated. As a majority of voters are actors, there was the tendency to think they'd reward La La Land, a celebration of creation: the heroine wants to make movies, the hero wants to make jazz. It looked like the year of The Artist all over again.

Colleen Atwood won which Award?

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Statistics show

P-­figures over the last three decades
Q­-in several parts of India
R-­a steady rise in the turnout

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Everyday we (have usually) dinner at 8 o'clock.

In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Profound

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Their judgment can be

P-easily swayed by false
Q-propaganda, as is being done
R-right now across the country

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

There is many a slip between the cup and lip.

Which was the first modern industry to develop in India?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

I couldn't help but (had to cry) at his sad story.