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1-5. In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
It may be time to rewrite the history textbooks. A new study by scientists from IIT Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) shows the Indus Valley Civilisation is at least 8,000 years old, and not approximately 5,000 years old as (A) believed. If the new evidence, published in the journal ‘Nature’ and using cutting-edge technologies on ancient pottery shards, is correct it would (B) push back the beginnings of ancient Indian history, to much before the Egyptian (7000-3000 BC) and Mesopotamian (6500-3100 BC) civilisations. Researchers have also found evidence of a pre-Harappan civilisation that existed for at least a millennium before this. A global rethink on generally accepted timelines of so-called ‘cradles of civilisation’ is called for.
Ever since the discovery and dating of the Harappa and Mohenjo Daro civilisations in colonial India, Indian history has been politicised: divided between those who believe in the Aryan invasion theory, those who think it was a clever device to justify colonial rule (C) on racial dominance and those who think Aryans may have spread into India through cultural diffusion. This has long been a crucial political fault line in Indian history between the Left and Right. But this new evidence demands that we step away from ideology and objectively reassess our historical past.
After all, till a century ago, we didn’t even understand what the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were. We (D) them as part of the Indian past because of new archaeological evidence. This process must continue and we must look with fresh minds at new evidence like the discovery of a Harappa-like ancient site in Tamil Nadu’s Shivganga by ASI. This may lend new archaeological support to (E) in Tamil Sangam literature about ancient Tamils and the Madurai and Pandya kingdoms. Received wisdoms should not inhibit this search.
1 Choose the correct option for (A)
01. evidently
02. previously
03. literally
04. conspicuously
05. antecedent
2 Choose the correct option for (B)
01. slightly
02. barely
03. rather
04. insignificantly
05. substantially
3 Choose the correct option for (C)
01. established
02. forgiven
03. proclaim
04. predicated
05. ostend
4 Choose the correct option for (D)
01. reclaimed
02. redeem
03. domesticated
04. substantiated
05. cajole
5 Choose the correct option for (E)
01. harbinger
02. forsaken
03. enumerate
04. conspicuous
05. narratives
6-10. In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled in the blanks in order to make a meaningful sentence.
6 Water stored in clay —————is said to be good for —————than the water stored in a refrigerator.
01. pots, cold
02. pots, peace
03. pots, health
04. models, drink
05. models, fitness
7 ————water illegally without water meters —————regular supply.
01. capturing, relates
02. throwing, determines
03. receiving, estimates
04. flowing, shifts
05. drawing, affects
8 When the family members ——— for help, the villagers gathered there and raised a/an ——.
01. gathered, voice
02. shouted, alarm
03. asked, flag
04. called, army
05. phoned, movement
9 The threat letter was prepared —————words cut out of Gujarati —————.
01. quoting, language
02. underlining, movie
03. making, city
04. using, newspapers
05. pointing, community
10 A ———of construction workers have not ————themselves with the district labour office.
01. number, entered
02. majority, registered
03. group, filed
04. minority, scheduled
05. segment, reflected
Answers :-
Q.1 (2)
Q.2 (5)
Q.3 (4)
Q.4 (1)
Q.5 (5)
Q.6 (3)
Q.7 (5)
Q.8 (2)
Q.9 (4)
Q.10 (2)
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