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passions many other facets of personality (g) ______ ______ ______

other than nurturing. You know about the dreams (h) ______ ______ ______
and passions of your mother?

(8)
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It is well-known fact that regular (a) ______ ______ ______
exercise raises energy levels. (b) ______ ______ ______
If we go for walk after work or (c) ______ ______ ______

go a swim, we feel better. (d) ______ ______ ______
The quality our sleep also improves. (e) ______ ______ ______

We feel more energetic when (f) ______ ______ ______
wake the next morning. Alternatively, (g) ______ ______ ______
we go for a walk or a swim before also. (h) ______ ______ ______

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The conquest happiness has meant different facts (a) ______ ______ ______
to different generations. Our forefathers pride in (b) ______ ______ ______
scholarship, a spirit of sacrifice, and solicitude the (c) ______ ______ ______

welfare of others. Gone those days. Today we live (d) ______ ______ ______
only for ourselves. We are jealous the advancement (e) ______ ______ ______
of our neighbours. We end tense and unhappy. Our (f) ______ ______ ______

forefathers had lifestyles, very much from those we (g) ______ ______ ______
have today. Their life was based mainly the concept (h) ______ ______ ______
of ‘simple living and high thinking’.

II. A slash (/) in each line of the passages below indicates a missing word. Choose the
option that supplies the correct missing word.

1. The spirit / (i) patriotism, sacrifice, and service / (ii) our country must guide our lives.
It inspires / (iii) to emerge as great patriots and / (iv) the need arises, die as martyrs.
Every single Indian / (v) a role / (vi) play in building the nation.
(i) (a) for (b) if (c) of (d) on
(ii) (a) towards (b) into (c) up (d) on

(iii) (a) we (b) they (c) he (d) us

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