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The progressive changes introduced by the Centre to the rules governing grant of passports were long (1) . They simplify, in great measure, the paperwork needed for an Indian citizen to get the document. In order to (2) applications to prevent impersonation, some of the earlier rules may have made sense at some point of time, but over the years the bureaucratic (3) that the (4) requirements posed to (5) applicants were so severe that many had to knock on the doors of high courts for remedy. Some rules were targeted at women. The most specious form of harassment of women passport applicants related to those who were either separated or divorced. Even something as routine as (6) a passport without any change of name or detail or getting a passport in the name of a child was a laborious process, as passport officials insisted on either the father’s consent or demanded a divorce decree. Following the (7) of an inter-ministerial committee comprising officials of the Ministries of External Affairs and Women and Child Development, crucial changes have been introduced. The application form now requires only the name of one parent, not both. This will enable single parents to apply for passports for their children without the name of either the father or the mother being printed in the document. The (8) that marriage certifications and divorce decrees should be provided has been removed; the (9) concept of getting documents attested by (10) or magistrates has also been jettisoned, and self-declarations on plain paper would now be accepted.

  1. 1) overdue
    2) Aboriginal
    3) Untimely
    4) Prima
    5) Proterozoic
    Answer – 1) 
    Explanation : overdue

  2. 1) visual
    2) opaque
    3) blur
    4) screen
    5) rigid
    Answer – 4) 
    Explanation : screen

  3. 1) abesense
    2) predicate
    3) Archean
    4) impediments
    5) Premature
    Answer – 4) 
    Explanation : impediments

  4. 1) controlled
    2) delicate
    3) harmonious
    4) exquisite
    5) cumbersome
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : cumbersome

  5. 1) adverse
    2) detest
    3) genuine
    4) loathe
    5) balletic
    Answer – 3) 
    Explanation : genuine

  6. 1) renewing
    2) abusive
    3) rude
    4) lucid
    5) mean
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : renewing

  7. 1) recommendations
    2) condemnation
    3) discouragement
    4) disapproval
    5) abandon
    Answer – 1) 
    Explanation : recommendations

  8. 1) implication
    2) request
    3) prevalent
    4) stipulation
    5) wish
    Answer – 4) 
    Explanation : stipulation

  9. 1) perceive
    2) obsolete
    3) translate
    4) gather
    5) comprehend
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : obsolete

  10. 1) notaries
    2) scratch
    3) glance
    4) peruse
    5) construe
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : notaries