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4. What is the other word for Cosmos mentioned in the passage?

(a) Flora (b) Fauna (c) Universe (d) Environment
5. What can you infer from the following line?

‘The bad news is that we are sitting ducks for asteroid target practice.’
(a) The Earth will experience many meteor showers.
(b) The Earth can be hit by asteroids any time.

(c) The Earth is safe from asteroid hits.
(d) The Earth will soon collapse due to ongoing asteroid hits.

6. What is the other word for ‘lie in wait’ from the passage? (para 4)
(a) wander (b) prowl (c) lurking (d) stroll
7. Which institute is mentioned in the passage, where astronomers study the Cosmos?
(a) SpaceX (b) NASA (c) IFPU (d) NEO

8. What is the full form of NEO?
(a) Named Executive Officer (b) Near Earth Object

(c) National Exchange Officer (d) Noncombatant Evacuation Order
9. Find a word from the passage which means ‘a curved path followed by a planet as it
moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.’ (para 1)
10. Find a word from the passage which means ‘a situation in which a plant, an animal,
etc. stops existing’. (para 4)

11. The bad news is that we are ____________________ for asteroid target practice.
12. Neo orbits are ____________________ (fixed/chaotic).

Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. b

8. b 9. orbit 10. extinction 11. sitting ducks 12. chaotic

III. Read the following passage carefully.

JOB OPPOR
JOB OPPORTUNITIESTUNITIES
(1) Jobs are very important. They provide much needed financial stability and a way to
repay your education loan. Your daily expenses along with independence and security
also rely greatly upon your employment status. But, finding good job opportunities
for a fresher can be a difficult task in the fiercely competitive corporate scene.

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