SSC Stenographer 5 Feb 2019 Shift-II

Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Passage
Trade fairs are among the most memorable events that take place periodically with the purpose of promoting sales, launching new products, bringing together manufacturers of a particular line of products and educating the public. They are held at all levels-international national, state and district. The most prominent among them are the India International Trade Fair. World Book Fair. Information Technology fair. Electronic Trade and Technology Fair. Textile Fair. Auto Expo. state level book fairs. district level exhibitions etc. India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), which was incorporated in 1992 by the merger of Trade Development Authority (TDA) with the Trade Fair Authority of India (TFAI), has been playing a commendable role in this respect It can be said without a doubt that sales promotion is the most important purpose of these fairs. Bringing together the largest possible number of manufacturers, suppliers, existing and potential buyers under the same roof helps to promote the products in an effective way. All these people come together on a single platform for a fixed period of time. This offers a unique opportunity to manufacturers and suppliers to display their best products and services and the buyers get a chance to see a wide range of products and services.
Conferences, seminars, live product demonstrations and presentations are regular features of these fairs and exhibitions. Besides these, colourful cultural programmes are also important features of such fairs. These fails give a good opportunity to the artists to showcase their skills and talent at such specially organized programmes.

Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks in the given passage.
Passage
The Earth's temperature is rising (1).......Scientists say that the rise in the average temperature ranges from 1.8°C to 4°C. This (2).......in temperature is called global warming or climate change. Although it is a natural phenomenon. human action is the (3)....... cause of global warming The burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal (4) ...... a lot of greenhouse gases into the Earth's atmosphere. Carbondioxide. methane and nitrous oxide are the main greenhouse gases (5)...... for global warming. Besides greenhouse gases, deforestation is (6)....... major cause of this problem. Global warming has led to changes in temperature and rainfall patterns which have severely (7)...... agriculture. No one can (8)....... that this is the most serious environmental challenge that mankind is facing today. While it is not possible to reverse the process. the rate of global warming can be checked if all the countries (9)..... some measures. (10) ) ........ of the measures is the recycling and reusing articles like paper, glass. aluminum and plastic.