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.
Happy is the man who ##QUESTION_1## the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of ##QUESTION_2## instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need ##QUESTION_3## feel lonely. He always has a pleasant ##QUESTION_4## of leisure moments. He is the ##QUESTION_5## of wealth more precious than gold.##QUESTION_6## indeed is the man who does not read and ##QUESTION_7## is his life.##QUESTION_8## gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are ##QUESTION_9## it is a healthy recreation to lose ##QUESTION_10## in the company of books.

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.
The educational institutions established by the British and the Christian missionaries were primarily designed to propagate and promote the English language and the western ##QUESTION_1##. Their aim was also to produce such ##QUESTION_2## who could man the lower levels of ##QUESTION_3## British administrative hierarchy and remain ever loyal ##QUESTION_4## the British rulers. The British educational policy ##QUESTION_5## with eminent success in the matter of ##QUESTION_6## its objectives. The majority of people ##QUESTION_7## middle classes who went to these educational ##QUESTION_8##, did acquire some knowledge and skill which ##QUESTION_9## sufficient enough to work as babus in these ##QUESTION_10## offices.

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks’ each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be ##QUESTION_1## more India. Her own mission in the world will get ##QUESTION_2## The ##QUESTION_3## of the village is possible only when it is no more ##QUESTION_4## Industrialization on a mass scale will ##QUESTION_5## lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problems ##QUESTION_6## competition and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to ##QUESTION_7## on the village being selfcontained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the village industry is ##QUESTION_8## there would be no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and ##QUESTION_9## to use. Only, they ##QUESTION_10## not be used as a means of exploitation of others”.