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A. the D. was F. and H. are 5. It is a great honour for any sportsperson
B. in E. with G. have to be selected A ............ the flag-bearer
C. included/comprised
of the Indian contingent for the opening
3. A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in ceremony B ............ international sports
A ............ strong winds move in a circular events. Star badminton player P.V. Sindhu
motion. It is a special pressure and wind had this honour C ............ the ceremony
system characterised B ............ very low of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
pressure in C ............ centre surrounded held on 4 April 2018. In the previous
by increasingly high pressure outwards. three Commonwealth Games, D ............
The winds in a cyclonic storm rotate members of the shooting squad E ............
D ............ the low-pressure area. As a held the eminent position during the
result, the air rises in the central part, march past of the opening ceremony. While
resulting E ............ heavy rainfall. pistol shooter Vijay Kumar F ............
F ............ tropical and temperate regions the flag-bearer in 2014, Abhinav Bindra,
experience cyclones. Tropical cyclones, the 2008 Olympic champion shooter,
however, are very intense and cause great had the honour G ............ India hosted
loss G ............ life and property in coastal the Games in 2010. Double trap shooter
areas. They are referred to H ............ Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore H ............
‘cyclones’ in the Indian Ocean, ‘typhoons’ India’s flag at the 2006 Melbourne Games.
in the China Sea, and ‘hurricanes’ in the A. as D. the G. when
Atlantic Ocean. B. of E. had H. held/bore
A. which C. the E. in G. to C. at F. was
B. by D. into F. The H. as
6. Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island, A ............
4. A major social evil, consumption of of the world’s most active volcanoes,
alcohol ruins thousands of people and erupted on 3 May 2018. The explosion
their families all A ............ the country. was powerful B ............ short-lived. The
Whatever may be the reason for people massive volcanic cloud reached 30,000 feet
taking B ............ alcoholism, the fact C ............ sea level – higher than Mount
remains that it is ethanol C ............ is Everest. According to the US Geological
consumed by them in different forms. The Survey, the monstrous ash plumes rising
regular use of alcohol D ............ blood D ............ the volcano may be the start of
vessels brittle and rigid, and this affects explosive eruptions that E ............ spew
the heart. It has E ............ adverse effect huge ash plumes 20,000 ft F ............ the
on the lining of the stomach and results in air and hurl 10–12 tonne boulders up to
inflammation. Most importantly, alcohol 800 metres, scattering pebble-sized rocks
destroys the liver, leading F ............ up to 19 km. Explosions in Kilauea’s crater
cirrhosis G ............ the liver. This sparked G ............ aviation red alert due
condition is often fatal. Methanol or wood to the risk H ............ ash plume blowing
alcohol is highly toxic. H ............ is found into aircraft routes and damaging jet
in spurious drinks and can cause blindness engines.
and even prove fatal in extreme cases. A. one C. above E. can G. an
A. over C. which E. an G. of B. but D. from F. into H. of
B. to D. makes F. to H. It
7. The ideal bond between parents and their
offspring is A ............ mutually loving and
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