In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

A woman has been called a hero after fighting a mountain lion that (1) ______ her five-year-old son. She dragged her little (2) ______ away from the big cat and beat it with (3) ______ fists in her garden. The boy had bites (4) ______ cuts to his head and body. He is now in a local (5) ______. He is expected to make a full recovery.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 5. (Selection Post Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

A woman has been called a hero after fighting a mountain lion that (1) ______ her five-year-old son. She dragged her little (2) ______ away from the big cat and beat it with (3) ______ fists in her garden. The boy had bites (4) ______ cuts to his head and body. He is now in a local (5) ______. He is expected to make a full recovery.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 4. (Selection Post Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

A woman has been called a hero after fighting a mountain lion that (1) ______ her five-year-old son. She dragged her little (2) ______ away from the big cat and beat it with (3) ______ fists in her garden. The boy had bites (4) ______ cuts to his head and body. He is now in a local (5) ______. He is expected to make a full recovery.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 2. (Selection Post Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

A woman has been called a hero after fighting a mountain lion that (1) ______ her five-year-old son. She dragged her little (2) ______ away from the big cat and beat it with (3) ______ fists in her garden. The boy had bites (4) ______ cuts to his head and body. He is now in a local (5) ______. He is expected to make a full recovery.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 3. (Selection Post Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

A woman has been called a hero after fighting a mountain lion that (1) ______ her five-year-old son. She dragged her little (2) ______ away from the big cat and beat it with (3) ______ fists in her garden. The boy had bites (4) ______ cuts to his head and body. He is now in a local (5) ______. He is expected to make a full recovery.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 1. (Selection Post Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1) ______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (CGLE 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Birbal immediately smiled and went up to Akbar. He announced the (1) ______; he said there were twenty-one thousand, five hundred and twenty-three crows (2) ______ the city. When asked how he (3) ______ the answer, Birbal replied, “Ask your men to (4) ______ the number of crows. If there are more, then the relatives of the crows must be visiting them from (5) ______ cities. If there are fewer, then the crows from our city must be visiting their relatives who live outside the city.”Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (CGLE 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The camel and the fox were very good friends and very good thieves. One day, the two friends (1) ______ to cross the river so that they could travel to a (2) ______ farm to steal food. The small fox (3) ______ swim, so the camel said to his friend, ‘Climb (4) ______ onto my back and I will swim across the (5) ______.’Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (CGLE 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

He invited the monkey to his house for dinner and said that his wife would like to meet him. (1) ______ monkey was happy, but (2) ______ swim, so the crocodile took (3) ______ on his back. The crocodile was happy (4) ______ he had tricked the monkey, however, while talking, he (5) ______ out the real reason for taking the monkey home. The clever monkey said, “You should have told me earlier, I left my heart on the tree.”Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
(Constable GD 2021)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

He invited the monkey to his house for dinner and said that his wife would like to meet him. (1) ______ monkey was happy, but (2) ______ swim, so the crocodile took (3) ______ on his back. The crocodile was happy (4) ______ he had tricked the monkey, however, while talking, he (5) ______ out the real reason for taking the monkey home. The clever monkey said, “You should have told me earlier, I left my heart on the tree.”Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
(Constable GD 2021)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

He invited the monkey to his house for dinner and said that his wife would like to meet him. (1) ______ monkey was happy, but (2) ______ swim, so the crocodile took (3) ______ on his back. The crocodile was happy (4) ______ he had tricked the monkey, however, while talking, he (5) ______ out the real reason for taking the monkey home. The clever monkey said, “You should have told me earlier, I left my heart on the tree.”Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.
(Constable GD 2021)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

He invited the monkey to his house for dinner and said that his wife would like to meet him. (1) ______ monkey was happy, but (2) ______ swim, so the crocodile took (3) ______ on his back. The crocodile was happy (4) ______ he had tricked the monkey, however, while talking, he (5) ______ out the real reason for taking the monkey home. The clever monkey said, “You should have told me earlier, I left my heart on the tree.”Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
(Constable GD 2021)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

He invited the monkey to his house for dinner and said that his wife would like to meet him. (1) ______ monkey was happy, but (2) ______ swim, so the crocodile took (3) ______ on his back. The crocodile was happy (4) ______ he had tricked the monkey, however, while talking, he (5) ______ out the real reason for taking the monkey home. The clever monkey said, “You should have told me earlier, I left my heart on the tree.”Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
(Constable GD 2021)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Horus, the falcon-headed god, is a (1) ___________ ancient Egyptian god. He has become one of the most commonly used symbols of Egypt, seen on Egyptian airplanes, and on hotels and restaurants (2) _____________the land. He is the son of Osiris and Isis, the divine child of the holy family triad. He is one of many gods (3) _____________ with the falcon. His name means ‘he who is above’ and ‘he who is distant’. The falcon had been worshipped from earliest times as a (4)______________ deity whose body represents the heavens and whose eyes represent the sun and the moon. Horus is (5) __________ as a falcon wearing a crown with a cobra or the Double Crown of Egypt. The hooded cobra known as Uraeus, which the gods and pharaohs wore on their foreheads, symbolises light and royalty. It is there to protect the person from harm.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. (Selection Post Phase X Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Horus, the falcon-headed god, is a (1) ___________ ancient Egyptian god. He has become one of the most commonly used symbols of Egypt, seen on Egyptian airplanes, and on hotels and restaurants (2) _____________the land. He is the son of Osiris and Isis, the divine child of the holy family triad. He is one of many gods (3) _____________ with the falcon. His name means ‘he who is above’ and ‘he who is distant’. The falcon had been worshipped from earliest times as a (4)______________ deity whose body represents the heavens and whose eyes represent the sun and the moon. Horus is (5) __________ as a falcon wearing a crown with a cobra or the Double Crown of Egypt. The hooded cobra known as Uraeus, which the gods and pharaohs wore on their foreheads, symbolises light and royalty. It is there to protect the person from harm.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. (Selection Post Phase X Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Horus, the falcon-headed god, is a (1) ___________ ancient Egyptian god. He has become one of the most commonly used symbols of Egypt, seen on Egyptian airplanes, and on hotels and restaurants (2) _____________the land. He is the son of Osiris and Isis, the divine child of the holy family triad. He is one of many gods (3) _____________ with the falcon. His name means ‘he who is above’ and ‘he who is distant’. The falcon had been worshipped from earliest times as a (4)______________ deity whose body represents the heavens and whose eyes represent the sun and the moon. Horus is (5) __________ as a falcon wearing a crown with a cobra or the Double Crown of Egypt. The hooded cobra known as Uraeus, which the gods and pharaohs wore on their foreheads, symbolises light and royalty. It is there to protect the person from harm.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (Selection Post Phase X Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. (Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Horus, the falcon-headed god, is a (1) ___________ ancient Egyptian god. He has become one of the most commonly used symbols of Egypt, seen on Egyptian airplanes, and on hotels and restaurants (2) _____________the land. He is the son of Osiris and Isis, the divine child of the holy family triad. He is one of many gods (3) _____________ with the falcon. His name means ‘he who is above’ and ‘he who is distant’. The falcon had been worshipped from earliest times as a (4)______________ deity whose body represents the heavens and whose eyes represent the sun and the moon. Horus is (5) __________ as a falcon wearing a crown with a cobra or the Double Crown of Egypt. The hooded cobra known as Uraeus, which the gods and pharaohs wore on their foreheads, symbolises light and royalty. It is there to protect the person from harm.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (Selection Post Phase X Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

(1)_________ a bear encased in fat is a very messy job, and as I (2)_________ back to the Rest House for a hot bath and a late breakfast, I met a very (3)_________ Forest Guard, whose headquarters were at Dabidhura. Being in urgent need of bear’s fat for his father, who was (4)_________ with rheumatism, he was hurrying to try to get a share of the fat when he ran into a herd of (5)________ cattle, followed by a boy who informed him that a tiger had killed one of his cows.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. (Selection Post Phase X Higher Secondary Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Horus, the falcon-headed god, is a (1) ___________ ancient Egyptian god. He has become one of the most commonly used symbols of Egypt, seen on Egyptian airplanes, and on hotels and restaurants (2) _____________the land. He is the son of Osiris and Isis, the divine child of the holy family triad. He is one of many gods (3) _____________ with the falcon. His name means ‘he who is above’ and ‘he who is distant’. The falcon had been worshipped from earliest times as a (4)______________ deity whose body represents the heavens and whose eyes represent the sun and the moon. Horus is (5) __________ as a falcon wearing a crown with a cobra or the Double Crown of Egypt. The hooded cobra known as Uraeus, which the gods and pharaohs wore on their foreheads, symbolises light and royalty. It is there to protect the person from harm.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (Selection Post Phase X Matriculation Level)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The next Faerie Market was held (1)_________ schedule (2)_________ the other side of the wall. The two boys were not allowed to go to the market, but they wanted to. This was a source of great (3)__________ to the boys. The younger of the two had a kitten. She grew slowly but was the sweetest cat in the world, until, one evening, she began to (4)_________ around the house impatiently. The cat was off in the dark and the boy never saw the cat again. He was (5)_________ for a while.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________ Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, and sat (5)_________ silent.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________ Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, and sat (5)_________ silent.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________ Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, and sat (5)_________ silent.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The next Faerie Market was held (1)_________ schedule (2)_________ the other side of the wall. The two boys were not allowed to go to the market, but they wanted to. This was a source of great (3)__________ to the boys. The younger of the two had a kitten. She grew slowly but was the sweetest cat in the world, until, one evening, she began to (4)_________ around the house impatiently. The cat was off in the dark and the boy never saw the cat again. He was (5)_________ for a while.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The next Faerie Market was held (1)_________ schedule (2)_________ the other side of the wall. The two boys were not allowed to go to the market, but they wanted to. This was a source of great (3)__________ to the boys. The younger of the two had a kitten. She grew slowly but was the sweetest cat in the world, until, one evening, she began to (4)_________ around the house impatiently. The cat was off in the dark and the boy never saw the cat again. He was (5)_________ for a while.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The next Faerie Market was held (1)_________ schedule (2)_________ the other side of the wall. The two boys were not allowed to go to the market, but they wanted to. This was a source of great (3)__________ to the boys. The younger of the two had a kitten. She grew slowly but was the sweetest cat in the world, until, one evening, she began to (4)_________ around the house impatiently. The cat was off in the dark and the boy never saw the cat again. He was (5)_________ for a while.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_________ his heart’s desire. And while that is, as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)_________ even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_________ for six hundred years, on a high (4)_________ of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)_________with rocks and small stones.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_________ his heart’s desire. And while that is, as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)_________ even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_________ for six hundred years, on a high (4)_________ of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)_________with rocks and small stones.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_________ his heart’s desire. And while that is, as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)_________ even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_________ for six hundred years, on a high (4)_________ of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)_________with rocks and small stones.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_________ his heart’s desire. And while that is, as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)_________ even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_________ for six hundred years, on a high (4)_________ of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)_________with rocks and small stones.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_________ his heart’s desire. And while that is, as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)_________ even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_________ for six hundred years, on a high (4)_________ of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)_________with rocks and small stones.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Most of the valley had been (1)_________ over the ages by the river waters, (2)_________ rainfall, and fierce winds. All except for one giant monolith, a (3)_________ tower-like mountain of a single rock. It stood at a proud (4)_________ of eight hundred and fifty metres from the valley floor, towering well above the (5)_________ shoulders.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Most of the valley had been (1)_________ over the ages by the river waters, (2)_________ rainfall, and fierce winds. All except for one giant monolith, a (3)_________ tower-like mountain of a single rock. It stood at a proud (4)_________ of eight hundred and fifty metres from the valley floor, towering well above the (5)_________ shoulders.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The next Faerie Market was held (1)_________ schedule (2)_________ the other side of the wall. The two boys were not allowed to go to the market, but they wanted to. This was a source of great (3)__________ to the boys. The younger of the two had a kitten. She grew slowly but was the sweetest cat in the world, until, one evening, she began to (4)_________ around the house impatiently. The cat was off in the dark and the boy never saw the cat again. He was (5)_________ for a while.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________ Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, and sat (5)_________ silent.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________ Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, and sat (5)_________ silent.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Most of the valley had been (1)_________ over the ages by the river waters, (2)_________ rainfall, and fierce winds. All except for one giant monolith, a (3)_________ tower-like mountain of a single rock. It stood at a proud (4)_________ of eight hundred and fifty metres from the valley floor, towering well above the (5)_________ shoulders.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Most of the valley had been (1)_________ over the ages by the river waters, (2)_________ rainfall, and fierce winds. All except for one giant monolith, a (3)_________ tower-like mountain of a single rock. It stood at a proud (4)_________ of eight hundred and fifty metres from the valley floor, towering well above the (5)_________ shoulders.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Most of the valley had been (1)_________ over the ages by the river waters, (2)_________ rainfall, and fierce winds. All except for one giant monolith, a (3)_________ tower-like mountain of a single rock. It stood at a proud (4)_________ of eight hundred and fifty metres from the valley floor, towering well above the (5)_________ shoulders.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Hall of Dharma was in a circular building, built of stone and mortar, with a (1)________ dome. The delicate (2)________of the dome was believed to represent the feminine while the typical temple spire represented the masculine. The hall was also (3)________ All rishis sat as (4)________ without a moderating ‘head’, debating issues openly and without fear, freedom of (5)________at its zenith.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Very carefully I ______ the tree I have referred to, and avoiding contact with the creepers, the upper _______ and leaves of which might have been visible from where the tiger was lying, I climbed to the fork, where I had a comfortable seat and perfect _________. (CHSL 2021 Tier I)

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

One would imagine that at the very sight of the panther, deer, antelopes and its other preys would just run for their lives. Nothing of the sort! They all stand their ground and make such a loud noise that the panther is left with no other choice except to leave quietly. I have seen a tiny chital baby standing in the middle of an opening in the forest, stamping its feet on the ground and shooing away a tiger. With the white of its erect tail showing, it kept up its shrill call until the tiger made itself scarce. No tiger in its senses would attempt to catch such an impertinent brat, just as you would not dream of catching an offending crow cawing away in your veranda.
While the panther sticks to cover and hugs the edge of the forest, the game animals, on the other hand, like to assemble right out in open vast grazing grounds. Open spaces which the panther carefully avoids, are what the game animals deliberately seek.
It is difficult to describe the pandemonium kicked up by various animals when they spot or suspect a panther around. The chital strikes a shrill note, the kakar emits a deafening bark and the sambar rings a bell. The peacock on its perch, the jungle fowl on the ground, and the monkey on treetops, all join in the chorus of condemnation of the panther. They curse the panther in their own inimitable language. The resulting confusion of sounds is so irritating to the sharp ears of the panther that it is left with no other option except to go away.
The panther has thus to deal with its ever alert and watchful associate who show no mercy and expect none. It is a fight between finesse and flight, between clever attack and skilful defence.
Contrary to the common belief, the panther never springs upon its prey suddenly. It stalks as close to its victim as it can manage, and then makes the final dash by rushing at it at a lightning speed.‘Impertinent brat’ in the passage refers to the: (Selection Post Matriculation Level)

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One would imagine that at the very sight of the panther, deer, antelopes and its other preys would just run for their lives. Nothing of the sort! They all stand their ground and make such a loud noise that the panther is left with no other choice except to leave quietly. I have seen a tiny chital baby standing in the middle of an opening in the forest, stamping its feet on the ground and shooing away a tiger. With the white of its erect tail showing, it kept up its shrill call until the tiger made itself scarce. No tiger in its senses would attempt to catch such an impertinent brat, just as you would not dream of catching an offending crow cawing away in your veranda.
While the panther sticks to cover and hugs the edge of the forest, the game animals, on the other hand, like to assemble right out in open vast grazing grounds. Open spaces which the panther carefully avoids, are what the game animals deliberately seek.
It is difficult to describe the pandemonium kicked up by various animals when they spot or suspect a panther around. The chital strikes a shrill note, the kakar emits a deafening bark and the sambar rings a bell. The peacock on its perch, the jungle fowl on the ground, and the monkey on treetops, all join in the chorus of condemnation of the panther. They curse the panther in their own inimitable language. The resulting confusion of sounds is so irritating to the sharp ears of the panther that it is left with no other option except to go away.
The panther has thus to deal with its ever alert and watchful associate who show no mercy and expect none. It is a fight between finesse and flight, between clever attack and skilful defence.
Contrary to the common belief, the panther never springs upon its prey suddenly. It stalks as close to its victim as it can manage, and then makes the final dash by rushing at it at a lightning speed.What does the phrase ‘stand their ground’ mean? (Selection Post Matriculation Level)