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.
Of all the psychological problems ##QUESTION_1## the-aged face, the most ##QUESTION_2## are perhaps isolation and the ##QUESTION_3## for adaptability. In addition to. This ##QUESTION_4## handicaps and the diminishing number ##QUESTION_5## social roles that are commonly ##QUESTION_6## to the old, the aged ##QUESTION_7## to cope with loss of the ##QUESTION_8## career, standard of living, ##QUESTION_9## and above all, people. The gloomy ##QUESTION_10## through the obituaries for yet another friend who has gone is bad enough. The death of a spouse is often a blow from which the aged do not recover. The ability to come to terms with these changes is vitally important.

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. Mark your answer in the Answer-sheet.
In India, from times immemorial’, there #QUESTION_1## been a common spiritual outlook on ##QUESTION_2## to which various races and religions ##QUESTION_3## made contributions. Thus a subtle but ##QUESTION_4## thread of unity has been running ##QUESTION_5## through the infinite multiplicity of our ##QUESTION_6## . For an analytical description of Indians ##QUESTION_7## cultural heritage, in the light of ##QUESTION_8## definition given above, it would be ##QUESTION_9## to trace her cultural history of ##QUESTION_10## thousand years.

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”.

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. Mark your answer in the Answer-sheet.
In India, from times immemorial’, there #QUESTION_1## been a common spiritual outlook on ##QUESTION_2## to which various races and religions ##QUESTION_3## made contributions. Thus a subtle but ##QUESTION_4## thread of unity has been running ##QUESTION_5## through the infinite multiplicity of our ##QUESTION_6## . For an analytical description of Indians ##QUESTION_7## cultural heritage, in the light of ##QUESTION_8## definition given above, it would be ##QUESTION_9## to trace her cultural history of ##QUESTION_10## thousand years.