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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

The instructor's rules were simple. Breathe through your mouth, not your nose; else the mask will fog up. Easier said than done; I got it wrong many a time. But once you fought habit and got the hang of it, the panoramic underwater world revealed itself to you with high-definition clarity.

Led by him, I slowly peered through the mask into what till then was crystal-clear water, shimmering in the sunlight. I saw pebbles, sand and my fluid shadow. I was in Nemo's universe. Sea cucumbers, sea anemone, clown fish, star fish, sea horses, parrot fish, butterfly fish and a bevy of colourful salt water fish swam past. A shoal of canary-yellow fish did a merry dance and another with vibrant blue fish followed it. They were oblivious to the snorkelers who struggled to take in the sight of a world so beautiful, so colourful, and resist opening their mouth wide in amazement; the tube would fall off!

What is 'Nemo'?

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The young man (was carried by) the passionate appeal made by the social worker.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Logocentrism is the search for a

P : rational language that is able to

Q : all its aspects perfectly and accurately

R : know and represent the world and

Select the antonym of

amenable

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

With its overall popularity sliding, (the party will have been working hard) to bring in the next generation of leaders.

Isobars are atoms of different chemical elements that have ______.

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

His decision (will be fair) to everyone as he is the most disinterested party in this controversy.

How much longitude does the Earth move in an hour?