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Practice Questions
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each numbered line. Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after the
missing word. Underline the missing words.
1. The Red Fort is one the most magnificent
forts the world. India’s history is also
closely linked this fort. It was from its
premises that first Prime Minister of India,
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, announced that
India was free from colonial rule.
The Red Fort served the centre of the
Mughal Empire for more than 200 years.
2. Child labour exists several forms.
We see so many children who deprived
of their childhood and not get the
opportunity to enjoy life children should do.
They do not play, study or go school. They are
striving hard to earn their living working in
shops, markets, restaurants houses.
Children seen doing odd jobs such as
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polishing shoes and washing cars.
3. Ruskin Bond was born Edith Clarke and
Aubrey Bond. When Bond four years old, his
mother separated from father and married a
Punjabi Hari, who himself been married once.
Bond spent early childhood in Jamnagar,
(Gujarat) Shimla. He wrote his first short story,
‘Untouchable’, the age of sixteen in 1950.
His first novel was partly based his experiences
at Dehradun.
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Before Missing After
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