SSC CGL Tier II 7th March 2023 Shift 1

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Sun is the star at the center of (1) __________ Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of
hot plasma. The Sun has inspired us since ancient times. It’s central to mythology and religion
in (2) ____________ around the world. It keeps our planet warm enough for living things to
grow. It gives us light so we can see. It is by far the most important (3) _________of energy
for life on Earth. It is about a hundred times as wide (4)________ the Earth. If there were no
sun, many things wouldn’t occur like photosynthesis or the presence of oxygen, which would
have caused no existence of life.

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Notwithstanding logistical challenges posed by COVID19 pandemic, India continues to
expand its rice exports footprint in the African, Asian and European Union markets, thus
having the largest share in global rice trade. The robust global demand also helped India’s
growth in rice exports.

In 2020-21, India’s rice exports (Basmati and Non-Basmati) rose by a huge 87 per cent to
17.72 Million Tonne (MT) from 9.49 MT achieved in 2019-20.

In terms of value realisation, India’s rice exports rose by 38 per cent to USD 8815 million in
2020-21 from USD 6397 million reported in 2019-20. In terms of Rupees, India’s rice export
grew by 44 per cent to Rs 65298 crore in 2020-21 from Rs 45379 crore in the previous year.
In the first seven months of the current financial year (2021-22), India’s rice exports rose by
more than 33 per cent to 11.79 MT from 8.91 MT achieved during April-October, 2020-21. It is
anticipated that India’s rice exports in 2021-22 would likely surpass the record feet of 17.72
MT achieved in 2020-21.

In 2020-21, India shipped non-basmati rice to nine countries - Timor-Leste, Puerto Rico,
Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Eswatini, Myanmar and Nicaragua, where
exports were carried out for the first time or earlier the shipment was smaller in volume.
India’s Non-Basmati rice exports was valued at USD 4796 million (Rs 35448crore) in 2020-
21, with Basmati Rice exports a close second at USD 4018 million (Rs 29,849 crore).
In terms of volume of Basmati rice exports in 2020-21, top ten countries - Saudi Arabia, Iran,
Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Kuwait, United Kingdom, Qatar
and Oman have a share of close to 80 per cent in total shipments of aromatic long grained
rice from India.

Top ten countries - Nepal, Benin, Bangladesh, Senegal, Togo, Cote D Ivoire, Guinea,
Malaysia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates - have a share of 57 per cent in India’s total exports of
non-Basmati rice in 2020-21 in terms of volume.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

As the Sun inches closer to its peak activity in its solar cycle, an explosion has been picked
up behind the north-eastern limb of the star in our solar system. Solar observatories saw bits
and pieces of the explosion, which remain obscured in view from Earth's orbit.
The explosion was spotted on 31 July at around 2309 UT and Earth-orbiting satellites
registered a long-lasting C9.3-class solar flare. "The intensity is probably an underestimate
because it was partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory
(SDO) saw hot debris flying away from the blast site," space weather, which tracks the solar
activity, reported.

While the explosion was powerful, experts have predicted that Earth is not in the line of fire
from the Sun. Scientists are expected to get a view of the active region later this week as it
comes to sight. Earth is not in the line of fire. The explosion is significant because it may
herald an active region set to emerge over the sun's north-eastern limb later this week. A new
sunspot group could bring an end to weeks of relative quiet," space weather said in its report.