PRACTICE PASSAGE - I

According to a report in yesterday’s newspaper 1._____ police dog was taken to

Raj Bhavan 2.______ Monday. This was to trace the 3._______ of the "very
important horse" which 4._______ reported missing on Sunday. The dog picked
5._______ the scent on some traces of 6._______ and ran a few yards before
losing the 7._______. The police have launched a vigorous 8.________ into the
whole affair. They have 9._______ the services of a forensic expert,
10._______ fingerprint expert and a photographer. 11.________ are now fourteen
horses at Raj Bhavan 12.__________ are kept in a large shed near the gate.

1. 2. 3. 4.

a. once a. at a. killers a. has

b. a b. next b. dogs b. were
c. new c. on c. police c. was

5. 6. 7. 8.

a. on a. those a. bet a. search

b. at b. blood b. track b. investigation
c. up c. report c. game c. campaign

9. 10. 11. 12.

a. given up a. a a. There a. who

b. requisitioned b. an b. We b. were
c. report c. two c. So c. which
PRACTICE PASSAGE - XXIV
The founders of the Indian Republic 1._____ the farsightedness and courage to
commit 2. _____ to two major innovations of historical significance in nation-building
and social engineering: first, to 3._____ democratic and civil 4._____ society among
illiterate people and, second, to undertake economic development
5._____ democratic political structure. Hitherto, in all societies in which an
economic takeoff or an early industrial and agricultural 6._____ had occurred,
effective democracy, especially from the working people, had been extremely
limited. On the other hand, 7._____ the beginning, India was committed to
8._____ democratic and civil libertarian political order and a representative system
of government 9._____ on free and fair elections to be conducted on the basis of
universal adult franchise.
1. 2. 3. 4.

a. had a. them a. build a. libertarian

b. has b. themselves b. building b. liberation
c. has had c. the people c. constructing c. liberating
d. were d. the course d. built d. liberty

5. 6. 7. 8.

a. with a a. breakthrough a. with a. few

b. within a b. breakout b. from b. some
c. for the c. breaking c. within c. a
d. without a d. investment d. for d. an

9.

a. basing
b. basis of
c. based
d. function