Directions: In this section, you have a few short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only.

Indians are quite bummed out today. This is not only for the reasons one would imagine,  like the possible threat posed by  CAA-NRC to the very Constitution we are celebrating but also because  Republic Day falls on a Sunday this year. Hence, we, the citizens of India, have been deprived of one of our fundamental rights the right to have an extra holiday. This has led to such gloom that  I am now compelled to begin a petition asking Parliament to float a bill ensuring that Republic Day is shifted to weekdays. I also pray that this bill becomes The Republic Day Holiday Act, faster than a rickshaw and just as fast as a CAB. This proposal is not as frivolous as it seems when you consider that we must still abide by laws such as the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885,  which warns us that drunk telegraph operators and people using unauthorized telegraphs will face a  penalty. Considering the telegraph itself has gone the way of the dodo,  I suppose this bit owes its existence only to a sense of nostalgia. The same emotion that welled up in the heart of a geriatric relative when he ruefully confessed that he once sent a telegram to a colleague that stated, ‘Congratulations on your new underwear!’ and then had to  send another, ‘Sorry! Not underwear but endeavor!’ This anecdote also proves that technology may change but human behavior stays the same. His message was slightly less embarrassing than mine when wanting to ask a  friend about a pretty white dress. The previous evening, I ended up sending a WhatsApp saying, ‘Babe, lovely whore dress!’ Autocorrect Murdabad! Then there is another bizarre law that could possibly be used to suppress citizens into silence.