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As the Sun inches closer to its peak activity in its solar cycle, an explosion has been picked up behind the north-eastern limb of the star in our solar system. Solar observatories saw bits and pieces of the explosion, which remain obscured in view from Earth's orbit. The explosion was spotted on 31 July at around 2309 UT and Earth-orbiting satellites registered a long-lasting C9.3-class solar flare. "The intensity is probably an underestimate because it was partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) saw hot debris flying away from the blast site," space weather, which tracks the solar activity, reported.

While the explosion was powerful, experts have predicted that Earth is not in the line of fire from the Sun. Scientists are expected to get a view of the active region later this week as it comes to sight. Earth is not in the line of fire. The explosion is significant because it may herald an active region set to emerge over the sun's north-eastern limb later this week. A new sunspot group could bring an end to weeks of relative quiet," space weather said in its report

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word from the passage.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The old woman was helped by the boy while crossing the road

Fill in the blank with the correct determiner from the options given below:
 The scheme was closed because _______ people were interested in it. 

In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

The man said to the boy, "It only seems complicated because you're not used to it." 

 Directions: In the following question, two columns are given, containing three phrases each. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a correct sentence. If none of the phrases makes a correct sentence, mark None of these' as your answer.

Column (1)                                                  Column (2)
 (A) The interests of regional                (D) for hastening the introduction
       parties may take a beating,               of simultaneous elections.

(B) Given these challenges,                  (E) as regional issues may be
       there is simply no case                         subsumed by national themes

(C) The government must accord        (F) priority to other electoral reforms.

A Shakespearean sonnet usually contains -

Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.

 According to the best available information, the facts 'are' true.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
 I was look forward to helping you complete the project.