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  1. Directions(41-50): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriate word in each case.

    One rainy day while driving me home from school my father stopped to offer a frail old man a lift. Though he was headed in the opposite 41 my father insisted. By the time we 42 home it was late and I was tired and 43 with my father.

    That night, my father 44 me a bedtime story as usual - A 45 Emperor was once asked "Sire, while you 46 rich and powerful, your teacher doesn't even 47 a piece of land yet you visit him, 48 don't you summon him to court ?" The Emperor 49 and said, "You are mistaken my teacher is 50 than I am. My land can be lost in a war but he possesses knowledge which can never be stolen". "The old man was my teacher" my father concluded.

    I have never forgotten the lesson my father 'taught' me that day.

    Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 41 in the above passage ?
  2. A.

    route

    B.

    manner

    C.

    direction 

    D.

    side

    E.

    way


  3. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 42 in the above passage ?
  4. A.

    left

    B.

    arrived

    C.

    return

    D.

    gone

    E.
    reach

  5. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 43 in the above passage ?


  6. A.

    complained

    B.

    annoying

    C.

    hungry

    D.

    upset

    E.

    worried


  7. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 44 in the above passage ?


  8. A.

    taught

    B.

    described

    C.

    told

    D.

    reads

    E.

    related


  9. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 45 in the above passage ?


  10. A.

    greedy

    B.

    honest

    C.

    foolish

    D.

    mighty

    E.

    cruel


  11. Directions(41-50): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriate word in each case.

    One rainy day while driving me home from school my father stopped to offer a frail old man a lift. Though he was headed in the opposite 41 my father insisted. By the time we 42 home it was late and I was tired and 43 with my father.

    That night, my father 44 me a bedtime story as usual - A 45 Emperor was once asked "Sire, while you 46 rich and powerful, your teacher doesn't even 47 a piece of land yet you visit him, 48 don't you summon him to court ?" The Emperor 49 and said, "You are mistaken my teacher is 50 than I am. My land can be lost in a war but he possesses knowledge which can never be stolen". "The old man was my teacher" my father concluded.

    I have never forgotten the lesson my father 'taught' me that day.

    Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 46 in the above passage ?

  12. A.

    are

    B.

    being

    C.

    were

    D.

    so

    E.

    seem


  13. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 47 in the above passage ?


  14. A.

    own

    B.

    earn

    C.

    acquire

    D.

    possessed

    E.

    has


  15. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 48 in the above passage ?


  16. A.

    however

    B.

    but

    C.

    instead

    D.

    when

    E.

    why


  17. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 49 in the above passage ?


  18. A.

    shouted

    B.

    silent

    C.

    thinks

    D.

    smiled

    E.

    prayed


  19. Choose appropriate word among five, which is fits in place of 50 in the above passage ?


  20. A.

    powerful

    B.

    wise

    C.

    wealthy

    D.

    stronger

    E.

    richer