In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Deforestation in tropical regions can (1) ______ the way water vapour is produced over the canopy, (2) ______ causes reduced rainfall. A 2019 study published in the journal Ecohydrology showed that parts of the Amazon rainforest that (3) ______ converted to agricultural land (4) ______ higher soil and air temperatures, which could (5) ______ drought conditions.

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

The following table shows the number of laptops sold from five different stores in a city on five days of a given week.

What is the ratio of the total number of computers sold from store S on Tuesday, Monday and Sunday taken together to that sold from store P on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday taken together?

The population of a city in the year 2020 was 2,00,000. The rate of growth of population is 8% per annum. Find the population of that city in the year 2022.

Two pipes, D and E, can fill a cistern in 26 and 78 hours, respectively, while working alone. If the two pipes are opened together, the time taken to fill the cistern is:

If the height and the radius of the base of a cone are both doubled, the volume of the cone becomes _______ of its previous volume.

A man bought a chair for ₹580. At what price should he sell the chair so as to gain 25%?

Find the LCM of the fractions $${2\over 5}$$, $${3\over 7}$$ and $${4\over 9}$$

If A = 1300 and B = 1450, then B is approximately what percentage more than A?