Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. Against such an achievement, it is important to ask these questions: what did it take for India to achieve this target?
B. The household electrification scheme, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya, has been implemented at an unprecedented pace.
C. Why is electricity access not only about provision of connections? and how can we ensure 24x7 power for all?
D. Almost every willing household in India now has a legitimate electricity connection.
E. More than 45,000 households were electrified every day over the last 18 months.
Q1. Which of the following is the last step but one after the rearrangement?
Q2. Which is the SECOND step after rearrangement?
Q3. Which of the following is the THIRD step after rearrangement?
Q4. Which of the following is the FIRST step after rearrangement?
Q5. Which of the following is the LAST step after rearrangement?
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are four options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If none of the given words is your answer, choose option (e) as your answer choice.
Q6. The efforts under Saubhagya ------------------------------------ hard work preceding it.
Q7. The enactment of the Electricity Act, in 2003 and the introduction of the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, in 2005, expanded electrification infrastructure ------------------------------------------.
Q8. The erection of electricity poles and an extension of wires -------------------------------------- power flow to households.
Q9. India ---------------------------------------- electricity supply at the end-user level.
Q10. Discoms -------------------------------- quality of electricity supply as well as maintenance services.
Directions (11-15): 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.
Q11. Electricity is the ------------------------- for India’s development.
Q12. Terrorism is a well-recognised form of asymmetric ----------------------- and has been around for centuries.
Q13. Some terror strikes tend to resonate more than others, for reasons that are ----------------------.
Q14. From 1963, India has been ------------------------- the ambition to appoint a Lokpal, a phrase coined by L.M. Singhvi.
Q15. The 2011 Anna Hazare movement, which fought to get the Lokpal Bill passed, -------------------------- in many ways.