Directions (1-15): In each of the questions given below an incomplete sentence which must be filled/completed with one of the sentences/phrases given below i.e. one of the sentences/phrases can be fit into the given blanks. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.
Q1. In 1962, a meteorite ------------------------ 21 kg was found at Efremovka, now in Kazakhstan.
Q2. ------------- the first-formed solids of the solar system were the calcium aluminium-rich inclusions (CAI).
Q3. The CAIs become the refractory components within meteorites with irregular shape and are predominantly ---------------------- of oxides and silicates of calcium and aluminium.
Q4. The first suggestion of irradiation by the Sun as a source of elements found in early solar system solids came from a ------------------- of the beryllium-10 radio nuclide in the Allende meteorite.
Q5. The 0.7 m GROWTH-India telescope at the Indian Astronomical Observatory located in Hanle, Ladakh, has made its first science ------------------------- which is a follow-up study of a nova explosion.
Q6. Buried beneath a kilometre of snow and ice in northern Greenland, scientists have ---------------------- an asteroid impact crater, bigger than the area of Paris.
Q7. The mailman ----------------------- all of the packages, sorting them by location so that they could be easily delivered.
Q8. For the ‘readers’ who had --------------------- at the British Council Library on Sunday, the books they were about to go through were of the human variety.
Q9. As Japan’s Emperor Akihito prepares to -------------------, the country gears up for the Reiwa era.
Q10. Since he smokes regularly, the ---------------------- cigar-smoker has a high risk for lung cancer.
Q11. The basic laws of physics have been established for a long time, so long that they are considered ---------------- by almost all educated people.
Q12. The world famous orchestra will ------------------- on its international tour after tomorrow’s concert.
Q13. A long-lost relative of the ---------------------- king insisted that he was heir to the throne.
Q14. The rebels killed all the members of the -------------------- family in order to stop the dynasty from continuing its reign.
Q15. Even though he is my relative, I ----------------- the way my greedy uncle runs his business.
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