Comprehension: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. The modern-day student is extremely 1____ with technology. They do read quite a bit because of social media. While their writing skills may not be top notch, they do write, courtesy 2___ affinity to various platforms on the internet. However, one skill that has been 3______ affected is listening skills. They are extremely poor 4______ listeners. If this issue is not addressed, what we may be heading to in the future is a huge chunk of people across the globe, with poor skills of listening, and a huge number of passive listeners. Researchers say that listening is the prime ingredient for empathy and the world will be in extreme poverty in terms of number of 5_____ on the planet.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

The given question has one blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word for the given options that could fit in the blank correctly.

China's computing machine is 20000 times faster than its international counterparts and may _______ the processing power of supercomputers.

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 I like eating chocolates, ______ I hate dark ones. 

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 The people from sub-continent are very _____________.

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______ you mind lending me your book for a day?

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The world is constantly living in risk, uncertainty and fear of _________.

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The young king tried to speak, but his tongue seemed to ________ the roof of his mouth, and his lips refused to move.

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 _______ he became a minister, he didn’t allow any of his relatives to live with him.