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Read the given passage carefully.                                       (5) It is a sunny August afternoon outside, but conveyer belt number 3 in the arrival lounge of the domestic terminal of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport is full of army men in uniform. It is on this belt that the luggage from a special Indian Airlines flight for the armed forces from Srinagar is scheduled to arrive. A motley  crew of army men waits for the belt to move, as other passengers pass them by, without a second glance. Adity Varma, 27, cannot help saying, ''We don't have that respect and admiration for our army anymore. India remembers her soldiers only during war,'' he says. Though passionate about the forces,  he knew when he was 16 that he would not wear the uniform. 'It's not the same army any more, everything has changed,' he says. Army families across the country share Varms's sentiment. Disillusionment, disappointment,  resentment, bittersweet nostalgia, a fierce sense of pride and possessiveness, they today battle many contrasting emotions when it comes to the organization that was their universe. From senior officers getting caught in corruption and scandals to children growing up without their fathers, with every controversy, a bit more of the army's halo is chipped away. It is a battle between an organisation holding onto its values and traditions and a world where the only value is change. And the army is losing on every front.   Choose the most appropriate options from those given below. (a) The other passengers passed them by without giving a second glance because ............. (i) we do not have respect and admiration for our army anymore. (ii) we remember the army only during wars. (iii) with every scandal the army's halo is chipped away (iv) All of the above   (b) At the age of only 16 Aditya Varma had decided......... (i) that he would join the army. (ii) he would marry before joining the army. (iii) that he would never join the army. (iv) he would join the army very soon.   (c) In the passage the word 'motley' means.......... (i) dull. (ii) scruffy. (iii) diversified in colour (iv) unkempt.   (d) The organisation was their universe because (i) earlier a lot of facilities were provided. (ii) army means everything to them. (iii) it was easy to get into the army (iv) they had an easy life and good salary   (e) The army is losing its importance on every front because of.......... (i) the corruption prevailing in the army. (ii) lack of commitment. (iii) no ethics and values left. (iv) All of the above  

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(iv) (iv)of the above (b) (iii) that he would never join the army. (c) (iii) diversified in colour. (d) (ii) army means everything to them. (e) (iv) All of the above,