Questions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Starting late-2014, scientists of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) working _______ satellite data tracking the rift found that the defect in the Larsen C was growing _________. By 2016 the crack became 70 miles long and 300 feet ________. By January 2017 it measured 109 miles in length and 1,500metres in breadth. On July 12, it broke. The broken shelf, now __________ official iceberg, was massive, indeed the ____________-ever such iceberg, weighing 1.1trillion tons and measuring 2,200 square miles.

and 300 feet ________. By January 2017

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

An increase of 1% per annum in the rate of growth of the money supply will increase inflation in the long run by _______.

Which of the following is considered a "diversified" investment?

____________ is the relationship between the variable input and output, keeping all other inputs are held constant.

A minimum wage _____.

___ is known as a disease mostly caused by occupational health hazards.

Which process is not associated with mechanical weathering?