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Q1.
Read the passage excerpt and identify the author’s primary tone:
"While modern technology promises constant connectivity, the omnipresence of glowing screens has fostered an insidious isolation, severing the deep contemplative threads that historically anchored human empathy."

(A)
{'key': 'A', 'text': 'Celebratory and optimistic'}
(B)
{'key': 'B', 'text': 'Critical and cautionary'}
(C)
{'key': 'C', 'text': 'Apathetic and indifferent'}
(D)
{'key': 'D', 'text': 'Facetious and light-hearted'}
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Q2.
Select the word that best completes the sentence with grammatical precision in Inference, Tone, Mood & Central Idea Extraction:
The scientist's theories were initially met with ______ before gaining international acclaim.

(A)
{'key': 'A', 'text': 'skepticism'}
(B)
{'key': 'B', 'text': 'enthusiasm'}
(C)
{'key': 'C', 'text': 'complacence'}
(D)
{'key': 'D', 'text': 'jubilation'}
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