In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
When it comes to thinking about how to be happier, many of us ______ about taking more vacations or finding ways to avoid ______ tasks. We may dream about ______ housework and instead doing something fun and ______. However, tasks which don’t make us happy can, over the time, add up to a meaningful life. Even routine activities like talking on the phone, cooking, cleaning, housework, meditating, emailing, praying, waiting for others, and balancing finances appear to bring more ______ to people’s lives, but not happiness in the moment.
The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.
P: The triumph came against formidable hurdles and in the absence of any expectations.
Q: Indian women were never the favourites, going into the tournament ranked 12th in the world and fourth in Asia — behind World No. 8 China, Korea, and Japan.
R: India may have won the final of the women’s Asia Cup hockey tournament against China in a penalty shootout, but it was a fully deserving victory.
S: Throughout their campaign in Japan, team members played out of their skin to register the win, which has secured them a spot in next year’s Wor ld Cup
emphatically on merit, not as wild-card entrants.
P: Chennai and its sprawl extending to two neighbouring districts should return to the traditional wisdom of creating tanks and lakes for water storage, and
rejuvenating old silted ones, in order to harvest the floods and replenish depleted groundwater.
Q: The finding from one study in 2013 shows that 27 tanks have totally disappeared and anothe r
R: This underscores the need to revive such natural sponges.
S: Inviting the community to monitor the health of the tanks a nd lakes can keep out encroachers, who are often protected by patron-politicians.
P: However, Indian girls have not matched this rate of access to education.
Q: Still the Indian girl child who has been deprived of this gift, as largely girl s are not considered worthy of literacy.
R: The power of education in transforming communities is a gift that has changed India in the last few decades.
S: India has seen a substantial increase in primary school enrolment due to the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009.
P: All Indian water bodies within and near population centres are now grossly polluted with organic and hazardous pollutants.
Q: India is now facing a water situation that is significantly worse than any that previous generations have had to face.
R: That's why Interstate disputes over river waters are becoming increasingly intense and widespread.
S: Not a single Indian city can provide clean water that can be consumed from the tap on a $$24\times7$$ basis .
P: There is a glimmer of hope with India registering a slight drop in the number of new tuberculosis cases and TB deaths in 2016 compared with 2015.
Q: Incidence estimates for India were considered interim, pending a national TB prevalence survey scheduled for 2017-2018.
R: In terms of mortality, the drop was from 0.51 million in 2015 to 0.43 million in 2016.
S: From an estimated 2.84 million new cases in 2015, the number dropped marginally t o 2.79 million in 2016, according to the World Health Organisation’s Global
tuberculosis report, 2017.
P: People today are so driven towards their personal goals that civic sense as an ethic has become a low priority, almost nuisance.
Q: This attitude cuts across all ranks and sections.
R: We don’t think it deserves much importance.
S: Civic sense or rather the lack of it has been w idely discussed and somehow it is an undisputed fact that we Indians don’t seem to care much for it.
P: First impressions count, and the first impression that a potential employer will have of you is going to depend on how you present your resume.
Q: The statistics are that the average employer only spends a few seconds looking at it, so it is imperative that it makes an impression.
R: Nobody can ever underestimate how important it is to have a good resume.
S: This is going to be your one and only chance to capture a potential employe r’s attention, or for your resume to be tossed into the file of those they don’t want to
pursue.
P: The growing popularity of computer, video games and television makes the children very inactive in their lifestyles.
Q: The time spent in these things may be spent in some physical activities.
R: Parents should be a role model for their children.
S: If the parents are looking very active, the children are more likely to be more active and will stay active for the rest of their life.
P: However, a person’s specific daily calorie intake can vary depending on their age, gender, and physical activity level.
Q: The average person needs to eat about 2,000 calories every day to maintain their weight.
R: Your body uses calories from food for walking, thinking, breathing, and other important fu nctions.
S: The number of calories in food is a measurement of the amount of energy stored in that food.
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