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(iv)  (a) recognising  (b) has recognised   (c) has recognising   (d) recognised

                 (v)  (a) with        (b) if               (c) about            (d) of

                (vi)  (a) larger      (b) large            (c) much larger      (d) largest
             5.   To feel / (i) others and to do righteous acts / (ii) help to living creatures is indeed real
                 kindness. If one / (iii) ease the aching in another’s life, he has not lived / (iv) life in vain.
                 In India, saints and sages /  (v)  the ages have preached the gospel /  (vi)  service to the

                 sick and the suffering, the distressed and the downtrodden.
                 (i)  (a) in          (b) with             (c) into             (d) for

                 (ii)  (a) on         (b) of               (c) with             (d) if
                (iii)  (a) can        (b) shall            (c) would            (d) will

                (iv)  (a) his         (b) him              (c) them             (d) their

                 (v)  (a) of          (b) into             (c) alongside        (d) throughout
                (vi)  (a) in          (b) of               (c) with             (d) for

             6.   Athletics encompasses / (i) variety of sports such / (ii) running, jumping, and throwing
                 / (iii) both man and woman. Another term used for / (iv) sports is ‘Track and Field
                 athletics.’  Athletics  /  (v)  associated  with  the  ancient  Olympic  Games  /  (vi)  Greece,

                 dating back to the 13th century BC.
                 (i)  (a) the         (b) an               (c) a                (d) of

                 (ii)  (a) the        (b) as               (c) that             (d) is
                (iii)  (a) into       (b) of               (c) at               (d) by

                (iv)  (a) such        (b) that             (c) their            (d) hers

                 (v)  (a) is          (b) am               (c) are              (d) had
                (vi)  (a) for         (b) of               (c) into             (d) over

             7.   Dr Godbole arrived / (i) the station at 6:30 p.m. and / (ii) met by Professor Salisburry
                 of the Institute of Environment Studies. After / (iii) driven to the conference centre
                 / (iv) a brief meeting, the Indian forestry expert was taken / (v) his hotel. The following
                 morning he / (vi) his paper entitled, ‘Save the Trees—Save the World’.

                 (i)  (a) into        (b) of               (c) upon             (d) at

                 (ii)  (a) was        (b) is               (c) am               (d) were
                (iii)  (a) although   (b) being            (c) been             (d) be

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