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. Mark your answer in the Answer-sheet.
In India, from times immemorial’, there #QUESTION_1## been a common spiritual outlook on ##QUESTION_2## to which various races and religions ##QUESTION_3## made contributions. Thus a subtle but ##QUESTION_4## thread of unity has been running ##QUESTION_5## through the infinite multiplicity of our ##QUESTION_6## . For an analytical description of Indians ##QUESTION_7## cultural heritage, in the light of ##QUESTION_8## definition given above, it would be ##QUESTION_9## to trace her cultural history of ##QUESTION_10## thousand years.

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks’ each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be ##QUESTION_1## more India. Her own mission in the world will get ##QUESTION_2## The ##QUESTION_3## of the village is possible only when it is no more ##QUESTION_4## Industrialization on a mass scale will ##QUESTION_5## lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problems ##QUESTION_6## competition and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to ##QUESTION_7## on the village being selfcontained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the village industry is ##QUESTION_8## there would be no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and ##QUESTION_9## to use. Only, they ##QUESTION_10## not be used as a means of exploitation of others”.

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.
Mass communication is the delivery of11, ideas and entert-ainment to thousands or millions of 12 simultaneously; it is a force with incalculable 13 on today’s world. The 14 of mass comm-unication rests 15 the skills of the communicator to 16 the recipient’s thinking, 17 stir emotions, to 18 him or her to 19. Mass communication is the one-to-one impact of one human intelligence upon20, carried on thousand fold simultaneously among individuals who have no direct personal contact.

Direction: In the following questions, you have following two brief passages with 10 questions in Passage-I and 5 questions in Passage-II. Read the passages carefully and fill in the blanks with, out of the four alternatives given.

PASSAGE -I
Without water (606) animal can survive. In desert regions, the greatest (607) to life is drying up. But many creatures are able to make use of (608) little water that exists in arid areas. One of nature’s masterpieces , (609) creatures equipped to (610) with desert life is the hardy camel. There are several stories describing the (611) endurance of these animals. It is said that camels can (612) a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel (613) an intake of a single drop of water. The popular (614) in a way is (615) . Water is indeed stored, but in the form of fat.

PASSAGE - II
About a million different species (616) insects have been identified. Yet little is (617) about some of them. Although insects vary so much in their shape and (618) they all have the (619) structure. All insects normally (620) six legs.