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7. (I) Virginia’s Tangier Island is vanishing from the face of 10. (I) On November 13, 2021, thousands of musicians, ranging
the earth rapidly. (II) Rising sea levels are aggravating in age from 12 to 77, gathered at the Venezuelan Military
erosion and floods, so in the next few decades, some parts Academy in Caracas. (II) Having been founded on September
of the island could become uninhabitable. (III) Due to the 2, 1810, it is the oldest military academy in the country and
inhospitable climate and difficult geographical situation, the one of the oldest in Latin America. (III) They attempted to
state is sparsely inhabited. (IV) Policymakers and island break the Guinness World Record for the biggest orchestra
dwellers have not been able to come to a decision on whether performance by performing for roughly ten minutes. (IV) The
they should attempt to save the island or relocate its small piece of music played by the orchestra was a tone poem by
community somewhere else. (V) However, marine biologists Tchaikovsky in 1876 to commemorate Russia’s help in the
are of the opinion that the time to decide is running out quickly. Serbo-Turkish War. (V) Seven days after the performance,
Guinness World Records officially announced that the
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
musicians had successfully set a new record for the world’s
largest orchestra.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

8. (I) Ibn Sina, whose influence on Islamic and European medicine 11. (I) Founded on the western coast of the Italian peninsula in
th
persisted for centuries, was one of the most eminent Muslim the 8 century BC, ancient Roman civilisation was initially a
physicians and philosophers of his day. (II) Although he was small agricultural community on the banks of the river Tiber.
known as Ibn Sina in the Muslim world, different names and (II) It transformed itself from a monarchy to a republic, and
titles were used while mentioning him. (III) For example, he was finally, to an autocratic empire. (III) Over time, it became one
named by his students and followers as ‘the Master Wise Man’. of the most powerful and largest empires the world has ever
(IV) The Europeans, on the other hand, knew him as ‘Avicenna’ seen. (IV) The Roman Empire used to possess very well-
and called him the ‘Prince of Physicians’ (V) As a thinker, he disciplined armies, and the weapons they used were state-
represented the culmination of the Islamic renaissance and of-the-art. (V) Though mostly concentrated in the African and
was described as having the mind of Goethe and the genius of European regions around the Mediterranean Sea, the empire
Leonardo da Vinci. was able to expand its lands to Britain in the north and to the
Parthian Empire in the east.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

9. (I) One of the reasons for the lack of gender diversity in 12. (I) Orthodontics is a speciality of dentistry that deals with the
science is that society supports the idea that boys and girls proper placement of teeth on the dental bones (alveolar crests),
have different interests and abilities. (II) We can observe this the diagnosis and treatment of facial irregularities. (II) Root canal
from a very early age when little boys are given cars whereas treatment performed by endodontists is the name given to all the
girls have dolls. (III) The former are encouraged to build applications made to treat diseases of the vein and nerve group
things, while the latter learn to care for others. (IV) In fact, in the tooth. (III) Although it means straight teeth, the orthodontics
there is no evidence that biological differences between the department, which exceeds the meaning of the word, treats
genders make one gender more talented than the other in a not only teeth but also lower and middle-facial irregularities.
particular subject. (V) As a consequence, girls tend to have (IV) Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry that evaluates the
better language skills while boys tend to have better spatial position of the lower and upper jaws concerning the skull base
awareness. and to one another, as well as the three-dimensional relationship
of the teeth. (V) With the newly developed applications in
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V orthodontics in the 2000s, the age limit has now disappeared for
many treatments.

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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