Direction: It was with pleasant surprise that Swaminathan stumbled into his own set, which he had thought was not at school .except Rajam and Mani all were there. Under the huge tama-rind tree they were playing some game Swaminathan joined them with a low, ecstatic cry. The (36) disappointed him. They turned their (37) to him with a faint (38) and returned to their game. What (39) Swaminathatn most was that even the (40) Somu was grim. something seemed to be (41) somewhere. Swaminathan assumed an easy (42) and shouted, “ Boys, what about (43) place for me in the (44)? “ Nobody answered this Swaminathan paused and (45) that he was waiting for a (46) in the game. “It is a (47) “There are (48) people who can be very (49) as tails, “ said Samuel. The (50) laughed at this, “ you said tail, didn’t you? “ asked Sankar.

Direction: Women have (16) made (17) in the corporate workplace but certainly not as much as they had (18) We have new laws, rules and (19) relating to women in the workplace, but what we have not changed much is the male (20) Women have fallen short in their goals because we (21) the potency of the male need to (22) their power. We can abide (23) by the laws and rules we create in order to (24) women an equal opportunity in the corporate workplace and still not (25) the problems that afflicted and eventually capsized the women’s raft.