Gap Filling Exercises for class 9 & 10 (Solved) Exercise – 117 & 118

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Exercise-117

Complete the passage with suitable Determiners, Conjunctions, Non-finite Prepositions, Modals, Relatives and Tense forms.

1. One morning not (a) ……….days later, as I was leaving the house, I was started (b)………. find Mini, seated on a beach near (c)……….. door, laughing (d)………. talking (e)……….. the great Cabuliwala. In all her life it appeared (f)………. small daughters had never found so patient a listener, save her father.

2. Mohan looked up quickly to thank the old man (a)………… he had disappeared (b) ………….the thick forest. Mohan felt thrilled (c)………… was convinced that the leader lord (d) …………he worshipped had come in person to help (e)……….. He went home and giving the bag to his wife told her all (f) ………the old man.

3. The Himalayas are (a)………. the largest source of freshwater in (b) ………..world. All the major rivers of North India originate from (c)……….. high altitude snow-capped peaks. Shrouded in a veil of the Bhagirathi originates from the Gomukh—a massive snout of icicles (d) ……………. mist, glaciers in the Himalayas. (e) …………… .of the (f)……..

Answers:-

1.(a) many                    (b) to                        (c) the

(d) and                          (e) with                    (f) his

2. (a) but                      (b) in                         (c) but

(d) whom                    (e) him                      (f) about

3. (a) among               (b) the                       (c) its

(d) and                         (c) one                      (f) longest

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Exercise-118

Complete the passage with suitable Determiners, Conjunctions, Non-finite Prepositions, Modals, Relatives and Tense forms.

1.The arrival (a) ………….Rajendra in village Kishori was not a welcome one. Due to his beard, he was (b) ………. as a terrorist from Punjab. A village elder (c) ………… this young man. However, Mina, a villager (d) ……….. them to come down to work, instead of merely (e)………. lectures. The next day, Rajendra and his associates joined the village in the (f) ………..operation of tanks.

2. Over a period of time, I became friendly (a) ………. they and they told me about (b)……….. life. They did not have a father. Their mother worked (c) …………a labourer. They stayed in a nearby slum with their uncle. They had studied up to class four (d)……… then had to drop out as they were (e)……… poor to continue. There was nobody who (f)………. guide and teach them at home.

3. As a child, I remember reading (a)………… interesting story. It was (b)……….. the sun and the wind challenging (c) ……….. other to get the coat (d)……… a man’s back. The wind blew first hard than harder and (e) ……….but did not succeed. Next, it was the turn of the sun. He used (f)………. force. After some time the man removed his coat by himself.

Answers :

1.(a) of                         (b) mistaken                 (c) trusted

(d) challenged             (e) giving                     (f) digging

2. (a) with                       (b) their                    (c) as

(d) but                         (e) too                          (f) could

3. (a) an                     (b) about                      (c) each

(d) off                          (e) harder                    (f) no

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