CMAT 2021 || VARC PYSP || RC QUIZ || 11.02.2021

Mr Trump's two-day visit is designed to partially tickle his vanity, but, as important, it is to boost his chances of returning to office in the 2020 US general election. (I) He will visit three cities in India Delhi, Agra, and Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat, where he is expected to ______(A)_______ an audience of more than 100,000 people in an event aptly called "Namaste Trump". (II) This is an unmistakeable audience (1) diplomacy response to the "Howdy, Modi!" extravaganza (2) in Houston last year, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Trump addressed (3) an public (4) of 50,000 Indians living in the US. (III) But these visits are not just about theatrics and atmospherics as they are also about forcing a ______(B)______ in American leaders' general approach to India. (IV) In this case, it's about convincing Mr Trump of the imperative of India, while helping him with the 2.4 million-strong Indian-American voter base in the US and there is at least one reason to appeal to his ego: stronger, strategic ties. (V) It's unlikely that a much debated but slim trade agreement between the US and India will be inked during this visit - disagreements over the price of apples, walnuts, and medical devices; the US's demands for greater access to India's dairy, poultry and e-commerce market; and ongoing discussions over lowering Indian tariffs on American-made Harley Davidson motorcycles, remain _____(C)____. (VI) In these circumstances, it will be incumbent on Mr Modi's government to woo Mr Trump in a manner that will side-step the US President's fixation with trade deals, _______(D)_________ on the strategic potential in the US-India relationship. (VII) This is a time of geopolitical disorder – America, as the post-1945 _______(E)______ (architect) of global politics stands challenged. (VIII) America's partial retrenchment from international commitments, evident in the withdrawal from hard-fought climate ________(F)______ agreements to undoing multilateral trade deals; China's trillion-dollar gamble through the Belt and Road initiative (BRI); the return of Russia; Brexit; and disunity in Europe in dealing with new technologies such as 5G.(IX) This requires the world's two largest and messiest democracies to return a degree of enthusiasm to wider concerns and challenges. (X)

Mr Trump's two-day visit is designed to partially tickle his vanity, but, as important, it is to boost his chances of returning to office in the 2020 US general election. (I) He will visit three cities in India Delhi, Agra, and Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat, where he is expected to ______(A)_______ an audience of more than 100,000 people in an event aptly called "Namaste Trump". (II) This is an unmistakeable audience (1) diplomacy response to the "Howdy, Modi!" extravaganza (2) in Houston last year, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Trump addressed (3) an public (4) of 50,000 Indians living in the US. (III) But these visits are not just about theatrics and atmospherics as they are also about forcing a ______(B)______ in American leaders' general approach to India. (IV) In this case, it's about convincing Mr Trump of the imperative of India, while helping him with the 2.4 million-strong Indian-American voter base in the US and there is at least one reason to appeal to his ego: stronger, strategic ties. (V) It's unlikely that a much debated but slim trade agreement between the US and India will be inked during this visit - disagreements over the price of apples, walnuts, and medical devices; the US's demands for greater access to India's dairy, poultry and e-commerce market; and ongoing discussions over lowering Indian tariffs on American-made Harley Davidson motorcycles, remain _____(C)____. (VI) In these circumstances, it will be incumbent on Mr Modi's government to woo Mr Trump in a manner that will side-step the US President's fixation with trade deals, _______(D)_________ on the strategic potential in the US-India relationship. (VII) This is a time of geopolitical disorder – America, as the post-1945 _______(E)______ (architect) of global politics stands challenged. (VIII) America's partial retrenchment from international commitments, evident in the withdrawal from hard-fought climate ________(F)______ agreements to undoing multilateral trade deals; China's trillion-dollar gamble through the Belt and Road initiative (BRI); the return of Russia; Brexit; and disunity in Europe in dealing with new technologies such as 5G.(IX) This requires the world's two largest and messiest democracies to return a degree of enthusiasm to wider concerns and challenges. (X)

Mr Trump's two-day visit is designed to partially tickle his vanity, but, as important, it is to boost his chances of returning to office in the 2020 US general election. (I) He will visit three cities in India Delhi, Agra, and Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat, where he is expected to ______(A)_______ an audience of more than 100,000 people in an event aptly called "Namaste Trump". (II) This is an unmistakeable audience (1) diplomacy response to the "Howdy, Modi!" extravaganza (2) in Houston last year, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Trump addressed (3) an public (4) of 50,000 Indians living in the US. (III) But these visits are not just about theatrics and atmospherics as they are also about forcing a ______(B)______ in American leaders' general approach to India. (IV) In this case, it's about convincing Mr Trump of the imperative of India, while helping him with the 2.4 million-strong Indian-American voter base in the US and there is at least one reason to appeal to his ego: stronger, strategic ties. (V) It's unlikely that a much debated but slim trade agreement between the US and India will be inked during this visit - disagreements over the price of apples, walnuts, and medical devices; the US's demands for greater access to India's dairy, poultry and e-commerce market; and ongoing discussions over lowering Indian tariffs on American-made Harley Davidson motorcycles, remain _____(C)____. (VI) In these circumstances, it will be incumbent on Mr Modi's government to woo Mr Trump in a manner that will side-step the US President's fixation with trade deals, _______(D)_________ on the strategic potential in the US-India relationship. (VII) This is a time of geopolitical disorder – America, as the post-1945 _______(E)______ (architect) of global politics stands challenged. (VIII) America's partial retrenchment from international commitments, evident in the withdrawal from hard-fought climate ________(F)______ agreements to undoing multilateral trade deals; China's trillion-dollar gamble through the Belt and Road initiative (BRI); the return of Russia; Brexit; and disunity in Europe in dealing with new technologies such as 5G.(IX) This requires the world's two largest and messiest democracies to return a degree of enthusiasm to wider concerns and challenges. (X)

Mr Trump's two-day visit is designed to partially tickle his vanity, but, as important, it is to boost his chances of returning to office in the 2020 US general election. (I) He will visit three cities in India Delhi, Agra, and Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat, where he is expected to ______(A)_______ an audience of more than 100,000 people in an event aptly called "Namaste Trump". (II) This is an unmistakeable audience (1) diplomacy response to the "Howdy, Modi!" extravaganza (2) in Houston last year, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Trump addressed (3) an public (4) of 50,000 Indians living in the US. (III) But these visits are not just about theatrics and atmospherics as they are also about forcing a ______(B)______ in American leaders' general approach to India. (IV) In this case, it's about convincing Mr Trump of the imperative of India, while helping him with the 2.4 million-strong Indian-American voter base in the US and there is at least one reason to appeal to his ego: stronger, strategic ties. (V) It's unlikely that a much debated but slim trade agreement between the US and India will be inked during this visit - disagreements over the price of apples, walnuts, and medical devices; the US's demands for greater access to India's dairy, poultry and e-commerce market; and ongoing discussions over lowering Indian tariffs on American-made Harley Davidson motorcycles, remain _____(C)____. (VI) In these circumstances, it will be incumbent on Mr Modi's government to woo Mr Trump in a manner that will side-step the US President's fixation with trade deals, _______(D)_________ on the strategic potential in the US-India relationship. (VII) This is a time of geopolitical disorder – America, as the post-1945 _______(E)______ (architect) of global politics stands challenged. (VIII) America's partial retrenchment from international commitments, evident in the withdrawal from hard-fought climate ________(F)______ agreements to undoing multilateral trade deals; China's trillion-dollar gamble through the Belt and Road initiative (BRI); the return of Russia; Brexit; and disunity in Europe in dealing with new technologies such as 5G.(IX) This requires the world's two largest and messiest democracies to return a degree of enthusiasm to wider concerns and challenges. (X)

Mr Trump's two-day visit is designed to partially tickle his vanity, but, as important, it is to boost his chances of returning to office in the 2020 US general election. (I) He will visit three cities in India Delhi, Agra, and Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat, where he is expected to ______(A)_______ an audience of more than 100,000 people in an event aptly called "Namaste Trump". (II) This is an unmistakeable audience (1) diplomacy response to the "Howdy, Modi!" extravaganza (2) in Houston last year, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Trump addressed (3) an public (4) of 50,000 Indians living in the US. (III) But these visits are not just about theatrics and atmospherics as they are also about forcing a ______(B)______ in American leaders' general approach to India. (IV) In this case, it's about convincing Mr Trump of the imperative of India, while helping him with the 2.4 million-strong Indian-American voter base in the US and there is at least one reason to appeal to his ego: stronger, strategic ties. (V) It's unlikely that a much debated but slim trade agreement between the US and India will be inked during this visit - disagreements over the price of apples, walnuts, and medical devices; the US's demands for greater access to India's dairy, poultry and e-commerce market; and ongoing discussions over lowering Indian tariffs on American-made Harley Davidson motorcycles, remain _____(C)____. (VI) In these circumstances, it will be incumbent on Mr Modi's government to woo Mr Trump in a manner that will side-step the US President's fixation with trade deals, _______(D)_________ on the strategic potential in the US-India relationship. (VII) This is a time of geopolitical disorder – America, as the post-1945 _______(E)______ (architect) of global politics stands challenged. (VIII) America's partial retrenchment from international commitments, evident in the withdrawal from hard-fought climate ________(F)______ agreements to undoing multilateral trade deals; China's trillion-dollar gamble through the Belt and Road initiative (BRI); the return of Russia; Brexit; and disunity in Europe in dealing with new technologies such as 5G.(IX) This requires the world's two largest and messiest democracies to return a degree of enthusiasm to wider concerns and challenges. (X)

As the 2019 novel coronavirus continuing its deadly rampage, the World Health Organization (WHO) is rightly drawing attention to the risks the virus poses to the poorest and most vulnerable nations — particularly in Africa. (I) If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and in an ______(A)______ manner because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope. (II) As a equip (1), the WHO has scrambled to result (2) 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect (3) and contain the virus (4). (III) The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist _____(B)_____ countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April. (IV) And yet, as donors start to provide emergency aid — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was among the first with a $100-million ____(C)____ (plea) — it’s hard to avoid the feeling of déjà vu. (V) Infectious-disease promises (1) are often accompanied by such pledges (2) to improve disease surveillance, and by outbreaks (3) to provide funds for drug and vaccine development (4). (VI) What is less forthcoming is sustainable funding for clinics providing community-level general medicine, and for medical and nursing education, as well as investments to sustain hospitals with supplies, electricity and running water. (VII) And more than 50% of the continent’s 1.2 billion inhabitants lack access to essential primary care. (VIII)Thus, it is imperative that aid is given and these are all steps that would help ______(D)______ countries to combat infectious diseases and improve overall public health — as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged in a statement at the end of last month. (IX)

Source - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00379-9

As the 2019 novel coronavirus continuing its deadly rampage, the World Health Organization (WHO) is rightly drawing attention to the risks the virus poses to the poorest and most vulnerable nations — particularly in Africa. (I) If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and in an ______(A)______ manner because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope. (II) As a equip (1), the WHO has scrambled to result (2) 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect (3) and contain the virus (4). (III) The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist _____(B)_____ countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April. (IV) And yet, as donors start to provide emergency aid — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was among the first with a $100-million ____(C)____ (plea) — it’s hard to avoid the feeling of déjà vu. (V) Infectious-disease promises (1) are often accompanied by such pledges (2) to improve disease surveillance, and by outbreaks (3) to provide funds for drug and vaccine development (4). (VI) What is less forthcoming is sustainable funding for clinics providing community-level general medicine, and for medical and nursing education, as well as investments to sustain hospitals with supplies, electricity and running water. (VII) And more than 50% of the continent’s 1.2 billion inhabitants lack access to essential primary care. (VIII)Thus, it is imperative that aid is given and these are all steps that would help ______(D)______ countries to combat infectious diseases and improve overall public health — as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged in a statement at the end of last month. (IX)

Source - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00379-9

As the 2019 novel coronavirus continuing its deadly rampage, the World Health Organization (WHO) is rightly drawing attention to the risks the virus poses to the poorest and most vulnerable nations — particularly in Africa. (I) If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and in an ______(A)______ manner because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope. (II) As a equip (1), the WHO has scrambled to result (2) 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect (3) and contain the virus (4). (III) The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist _____(B)_____ countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April. (IV) And yet, as donors start to provide emergency aid — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was among the first with a $100-million ____(C)____ (plea) — it’s hard to avoid the feeling of déjà vu. (V) Infectious-disease promises (1) are often accompanied by such pledges (2) to improve disease surveillance, and by outbreaks (3) to provide funds for drug and vaccine development (4). (VI) What is less forthcoming is sustainable funding for clinics providing community-level general medicine, and for medical and nursing education, as well as investments to sustain hospitals with supplies, electricity and running water. (VII) And more than 50% of the continent’s 1.2 billion inhabitants lack access to essential primary care. (VIII)Thus, it is imperative that aid is given and these are all steps that would help ______(D)______ countries to combat infectious diseases and improve overall public health — as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged in a statement at the end of last month. (IX)

Source - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00379-9

As the 2019 novel coronavirus continuing its deadly rampage, the World Health Organization (WHO) is rightly drawing attention to the risks the virus poses to the poorest and most vulnerable nations — particularly in Africa. (I) If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and in an ______(A)______ manner because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope. (II) As a equip (1), the WHO has scrambled to result (2) 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect (3) and contain the virus (4). (III) The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist _____(B)_____ countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April. (IV) And yet, as donors start to provide emergency aid — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was among the first with a $100-million ____(C)____ (plea) — it’s hard to avoid the feeling of déjà vu. (V) Infectious-disease promises (1) are often accompanied by such pledges (2) to improve disease surveillance, and by outbreaks (3) to provide funds for drug and vaccine development (4). (VI) What is less forthcoming is sustainable funding for clinics providing community-level general medicine, and for medical and nursing education, as well as investments to sustain hospitals with supplies, electricity and running water. (VII) And more than 50% of the continent’s 1.2 billion inhabitants lack access to essential primary care. (VIII)Thus, it is imperative that aid is given and these are all steps that would help ______(D)______ countries to combat infectious diseases and improve overall public health — as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged in a statement at the end of last month. (IX)

Source - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00379-9

As the 2019 novel coronavirus continuing its deadly rampage, the World Health Organization (WHO) is rightly drawing attention to the risks the virus poses to the poorest and most vulnerable nations — particularly in Africa. (I) If the virus also reaches Africa, it could spread rapidly and in an ______(A)______ manner because health systems in many regions are too fragile and underfunded to cope. (II) As a equip (1), the WHO has scrambled to result (2) 14 countries — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Nigeria — with diagnostics, expertise and equipment to detect (3) and contain the virus (4). (III) The agency has also appealed for US$675 million to assist _____(B)_____ countries — an amount that it estimates will last only until the end of April. (IV) And yet, as donors start to provide emergency aid — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was among the first with a $100-million ____(C)____ (plea) — it’s hard to avoid the feeling of déjà vu. (V) Infectious-disease promises (1) are often accompanied by such pledges (2) to improve disease surveillance, and by outbreaks (3) to provide funds for drug and vaccine development (4). (VI) What is less forthcoming is sustainable funding for clinics providing community-level general medicine, and for medical and nursing education, as well as investments to sustain hospitals with supplies, electricity and running water. (VII) And more than 50% of the continent’s 1.2 billion inhabitants lack access to essential primary care. (VIII)Thus, it is imperative that aid is given and these are all steps that would help ______(D)______ countries to combat infectious diseases and improve overall public health — as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged in a statement at the end of last month. (IX)

Source - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00379-9