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In the following passage from question number 176 to 185, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives and mark your answer. 

Bamboo is also known as ‘Green Gold’ in Asian (--1--). It has a deep cultural significance in the Indian as well as Chinese culture. India has 20% of world’s bamboo resources. India is the second (--2--) country in the world in terms of Bamboo genetic resources, after China. Indian Bamboo forests (--3--) 23 genera of which 19 indigenous. Bamboo is the (--4--) growing and highest (--5--) renewable natural resource and different (--6--) occur in 

(--7--) parts of the country. 

The estimated bamboo (--8--) of the world are about 20 million hectares and the estimated (--9--) of bamboo was US $ 10 billion in 2001 and is expected to (--10--) to US % 20 billion by 2015. 

Choose the correct option for (1) 

A. people 

B. ethics 

C. culture 

D. countries 

Choose the correct option for (2) 

A. producer 

B. richest 

C. enormous 

D. lead 

Choose the correct option for (3) 

A. consist 

B. contain 

C. comprises 

D. make 

Choose the correct option for (4) 

A. fastest 

B. only 

C. highly 

D. normal 

Choose the correct option for (5) 

A. developing 

B. discovering 

C. moving 

D. yielding 

Choose the correct option for (6) 

A. culture 

B. forests 

C. species 

D. resources 

Choose the correct option for (7) 

A. different 

B. across 

C. only 

D. each 

Choose the correct option for (8) 

A. forests 

B. houses 

C. area 

D. resources 

Choose the correct option for (9) 

A. resources 

B. market 

C. rise 

D. deliveries 

Choose the correct option for (10) 

A. low 

B. increase 

C. enlarge 

D. decline 

Answer. 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (D)  6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (B)