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There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.

Sentence: Moreover, due to the rising demand from the population, textile goods have increased, and textile mills and their wastewater have risen proportionately, leading the planet to have a big pollution problem.

The textile industry is indeed one of the world's most significant sectors. (1) ____________. This sector employs people without any extraordinary skill, which plays a crucial role in employment in developing countries, namely, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India. (2)_____________. Hence, it plays a significant role in developing the value of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of these countries. (3)__________. Since the textile industry represents two-thirds of the total demand for dyes, approximately 10-15% of the used dyes are discharged into the wastewater during the dyeing phase. (4)_____________. Therefore, the textile industries are one of the world's leading causes of various pollution.

There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.

States to the agreement.

All 197 parties in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have agreed to be part of the Paris Agreement in some way. (1) _________. Typically, parties would sign the agreement, and then each country's governing body, such as parliament, would vote to ratify it, making an official agreement to participate. (2)__________. So far, 189 countries have completed this process; 6 have signed, but not ratified, it; and 2 have ratified it without signing it first. (3) ___________.

The United States joined the Paris Agreement after the 2015 convention. However, the U.S. withdrew from the agreement in 2019 under order from then-President Donald Trump, Live Science previously reported. (4)____________.

Four jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

1. The genesis of Dogecoin in December 2013 lies in the sarcastic approach of the founders, Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus to create a payment system based on a joke, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time. It all started with a tweet from Palmer, a software engineer of good standing in 2013.

2. Palmer was later joined by another innovator Billy Markus who was working with IBM.

3. They both founded Dogecoin. Whether it remains a sarcastic meme coin or not, Dogecoin is taking great strides in the world of cryptocurrencies.

4. Another popular way to invest in cryptocurrencies is through financial derivatives.

Four jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

1. The genesis of Dogecoin in December 2013 lies in the sarcastic approach of the founders, Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus to create a payment system based on a joke, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time. It all started with a tweet from Palmer, a software engineer of good standing in 2013.

2. Palmer was later joined by another innovator Billy Markus who was working with IBM.

3. They both founded Dogecoin. Whether it remains a sarcastic meme coin or not, Dogecoin is taking great strides in the world of cryptocurrencies.

4. Another popular way to invest in cryptocurrencies is through financial derivatives.

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. The remaining 50 per cent is allocated in mid- and small-cap stocks which helps in boosting the overall return.

2. Within equity, the fund prefers to invest 50 per cent in large-cap stocks, which provides stability in volatile times.

3. Considering the higher volatility in the market, the fund is following a conservative approach by tilting the equity portfolio towards large-cap stocks.

4. As on March 31, 2023, the fund has deployed around 62 per cent of its equity portfolio in large caps.

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. PAs, though crucial, are not enough to conserve biodiversity.

2. One of the key targets of the first draft of the Global Biodiversity Framework published recently is to conserve at least 30% of global land and sea areas as protected areas (PAs).

3. This is especially so in the case of landscapes where PAs are not well connected, and buffer areas are largely multi-use.

4. The framework is aimed at advancing the goals of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.

Sentence: As a result, there is less acoustic energy available to travel along the pipe.

(1)__________.The reason that sound travels such a long way in metal pipes is that the acoustic energy largely stays within the water. (2)___________. However, in plastic pipes, a lot of the energy transfers to the pipe wall where it either dissipates as heat or radiates into the surrounding ground. (3) __________To put it simply, the leak noise doesn't travel as far in plastic pipes, so the sound often does not reach the hydrophones placed along the pipe network. (4)___________.