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It is summed up in a single word – Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the 41 and the root cause of hunger and 42 is abolished forever. Man is the only 43 that consumes without 44. He does not give milk, he 45 not lay eggs, he is 46 to pull the plough, he cannot run 47 enough to catch rabbits. 48 he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare49 that will prevent them from 50 and the rest he keeps for himself.

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 and indicate the correct alternative.
Man has been tampering 31 the Ecosphere for a very 32 time and is forced to 33 that the environmental resources are 34. Environmental problems are 35 social problems. They begin with people as 36 and end with people as victims. Unplanned use of resource 37 resulted in the depletion of fossil fuels, 38 of air and water, deforestation which has resulted in39 imbalance and draining away of national wealth 40 heavy expenditure on oil and power generation.