Directions (Q. 1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions
given below them.

(A) Its prevalence reflects very badly on a society that is not able to stop this evil.
(B) Though elimination of child labour is an impossible task considering the current socio-economic
scenario of these poor families, the Indian government is committed to the task of ensuring that
no child remains illiterate, hungry and without medical care.
(C) Therefore, unless the socio-economic status of the poor families is improved, India has to live with child labour.
(D) The members of these households have to send their children to work, even if the future of these innocent children is ruined, as that is the only choice open for them to survive in this world.
(E) Child labour is, no doubt, an evil that should be done away with at the earliest.
(F) But in a society where many households may have to suffer the pangs of hunger if the children are withdrawn from work, beggars can’t be choosers.

1.Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) E 3) C 4) F 5) D

2.Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) B 2) A 3) C 4) F 5) E

3.Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) F 3) D 4) B 5) C

4.Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) E 2) A 3) F 4) C 5) D

190.Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) C 3) E 4) D 5) B

Directions (Q. 11-20): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Around the world, forests are being (11) at a rate of about thirteen million hectares a year and deforestation accounts for an estimated 17%-20% of all global emissions. In addition, forests and other terrestrial carbon sinks play a (12) role in preventing runaway climate change, soaking up a full
2.6 Gt of atmospheric carbon every year. The destruction of forests, therefore, not only emits carbon—a staggering 1.6 Gt a year, which severely (13) forests’ capacity to absorb emissions from other sources—but also drastically (14) the amount of forested land available to act as a carbon sink in the
future. However, the effects of deforestation extend beyond carbon. Rainforests (15) a wide variety of ecosystems services, from regulating rainfall to purifying groundwater and keeping fertile soil from (16); deforestation in one area can seriously damage food production and (17) to clean water in an entire region. The value of global ecosystem services has been estimated at 33 trillion USD each year
(almost half of global GDP), but these services have been taken for granted without a mechanism to make the market reflect their value. Rainforests are also a home and (18) of income for a huge number of people in Africa, Asia, and South America. (19) this, economic pressures frequently drive
both local communities and national governments in the developing world to (20) these forests in ways that are unsustainable, clear-cutting vast areas for fuel, timber, mining, or agricultural land.

11. 1) ended 2) destroyed 3) extinct 4) killed 5) wasted

12. 1) tough 2) important 3) vital 4) biggest 5) effective

13. 1) affects 2) diminishes 3) increases 4) alternates 5) impairs

14. 1) plagues 2) develops 3) reduces 4) shortens 5) influences

15. 1) sell 2) offer 3) give 4) provide 5) earns

16. 1) transforming 2) decoding 3) erupting 4) draining 5) eroding

17. 1) handiness 2) excess 3) availability 4) access 5) supply

18. 1) beginning 2) source 3) ways 4) reference 5) measure

19. 1) Despite 2) Also 3) Inspite 4) Apart 5) Beside

20. 1) exploit 2) encompass 3) nurture 4) work 5) improve