Direction (Q1-5) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been incearered . These number are printed below the passage and against each five wards are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

1. It is niether the size nor the length of life which makes man …1… The growth of mind and intellect in ..2.. in proportion to the growth of the human body. The man may …3… physically the state of a giant, yet he may remain ..4.. a dwarf. The true worth of man …5… upon his action, dead and thought. Man is not like a tree. An oak tree …6.. to a huge size and lives for hundreds of years, only to ..7.. to the ground withered, dry an leafless ..8.. it is not in …9… things that …10… is sought

1. (a) human
(b) polite
(c) better
(d) humble

2. (a) roughly
(b) usually
(c) ever
(d) never

3. (a) earn
(b) attain
(c) keep
(d) grow

4. (a) morally
(b) spiritually
(c) socially
(d) intellectually

5. (a) depends
(b) lies
(c) revolves
(d) gatheres

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