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Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alter natives given.
Science means knowledge, but not all knowledge is science. I know from my own eyesight that our dog Chippy likes papaya; I know from a book that Akbar was the ##QUESTION_1## of Babar, and ##QUESTION_2## in 1605; and I know ##QUESTION_3## the radio that India did not do well in the ##QUESTION_4## Test matches. We can call these ##QUESTION_5## of knowledge, ##QUESTION_6##, but they are not science. Science ##QUESTION_7## with facts, but not with facts which have ##QUESTION_8## to do with each other, like the facts about our dog, cricket and the Moghul ruler; those facts are not related ##QUESTION_9## , and so have nothing ##QUESTION_10## with science. Science starts with observation.

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    died (Verb)

    Correct Option: B

    died (Verb)


Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Bollywood is the informal term ##QUESTION_1## used for the Hindi-language film industry ##QUESTION_2## in Mumbai, India. The term is ##QUESTION_3## incorrectly used to refer to the ##QUESTION_4## of Indian cinema; it is only a ##QUESTION_5## of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the ##QUESTION_6## film producer in India and one of the largest ##QUESTION_7## of film production in the ##QUESTION_8##. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the ##QUESTION_9## name for Mumbai) and Hollywood, the ##QUESTION_10## of the American film industry.

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    based (Verb)

    Correct Option: C

    based (Verb)



Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
When we visited the volcano it was in a state of ##QUESTION_1## . We stood near tip of the ##QUESTION_2## on an irregular plane. It was heaped ##QUESTION_3## stones and cinders and ##QUESTION_4## rocks which had been regularly ##QUESTION_5## out from the volcano. During the volcanic eruption, large quantities of rocks and stones were hurled out from the summit in terrible ##QUESTION_6## . From the summit volumes ##QUESTION_7## smoke and fountains of liquid fire ##QUESTION_8## forth continuously. The smoke now white, now impenetrably black was ##QUESTION_9## by a deep fiery roar. Stones ##QUESTION_10## down and the molten lava moved on with a horrible sound.

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    poured (Verb)

    Correct Option: D

    poured (Verb)


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    summit (Noun) : the highest part or point

    Correct Option: B

    summit (Noun) : the highest part or point



Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. A man can be physically ##QUESTION_1## within stone walls and iron bars. His ##QUESTION_2## of movement and action may thus be ##QUESTION_3## . But his mind and spirit will ##QUESTION_4## remain free. His hopes and ##QUESTION_5## , ideals and ambitions will still remain with him. ##QUESTION_6## tyranny or oppression can ##QUESTION_7## the lover of liberty. The cruelty of the British, ##QUESTION_8## , increased the zeal and ##QUESTION_9## of the freedom fighters. No prison, no oppression can ever ##QUESTION_10## the invincible spirit of man.

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    determination (Noun) : the quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when it is difficult

    Correct Option: B

    determination (Noun) : the quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when it is difficult