Choose the appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following passage.
Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers:
The world we live in (a) ___________ changed a great deal (b) ___________ the last hundred years and it is likely to change (c) ________________ more in the next hundred. Some people would like to stop these changes and (d) __________ back to what they see (e) __________a pure and simple age. But history (f) _______________ that the past was not (g) ____________wonderful. It was good only (h) ____________a privileged minority.

 

(a)	(i) will	(ii) are	(iii) have	(iv) has
(b)	(i) to	(ii) in	(iii) on	(iv) since
(c)	(i) even	(ii) ever	(iii) over	(iv) once
(d)	(i) went	(ii) go	(iii) going	(iv) goes
(e)	(i) it	(ii) has	(iii) in	(iv) as
(f)	(i) from	(ii) around	(iii) shows	(iv) to
(g)	(i) again	(ii) that	(iii) from	(iv)through
(h)	(i) for	(ii) had	(iii) some	(iv) are

Read the newspaper headlines and complete the news items from the given options:
(a) Ban on Wheat Lifted
The government decided ____________the 4-year-old ban on wheat export.
(i) lifted
(ii) has lifted
(iii) was lifting
(iv) to lift
(b) Housing Policy Approved
The Cabinet____________the draft of the State Housing Policy.
(i) was approving
(ii) has approved
(iii) will approve
(iv) has approve
(c) CBC Condemns Bomb Blast
The Catholic Bishops Council on Sunday ____________ the bomb blast at Delhi.
(i) condemned
(ii) was condemned
(iii) have condemned
(iv) condemns

(d) Dr. Invited for World Congress
Dr. Varun Vasudev  ____________ to the 29^th World Congress.
(i) is inviting
(ii) has invited
(iii) has been invited
(iv) invited

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences:
The first one has been done for you.
tongue / great / the gift / is a / of the / thing
The gift of the tongue is a great thing.
(a) miracles / great / can perform / orator / an /
(b) hands of / weapon / is / in the / it / a powerful / politicians /
(c) gatherings to / can persuade / of thinking / an orator / large / his way
(d) forcefully / has the / speaker / and convincingly / ability to / a good / speak

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet. Underline the correct word supplied by you. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows:

The interviewer asked the candidate (a) ___________. The candidate replied that (b) ______________ the National Institute of Hotel Management. To the interviewer’s enquiry as to whether he had any experience the candidate said that (c) ________________ in a hotel reception for one year. The interviewer then wanted to know whether he could speak any foreign language and the candidate informed him that (d) ______________ French and German.