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EXERCISE -21

In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.

		Before	Word	After
As member of NSS club, you participated	(a)	…………	…………	…………
in One day Health Awareness Camp in	(b)	…………	…………	…………
one of villages near Delhi. You were	(c)	…………	…………	…………
shocked to the condition of the dispensaries	(d)	…………	…………	…………
the medical facility available in place	(e)	…………	…………	…………
so close the capital. Write a letter	(f)	…………	…………	…………
to the Editor of a National daily your shock	(g)	…………	…………	…………
at the careless attitude of local authorities	(h)	…………	…………	…………
towards providing basic facilities suggest	(i)	…………	…………	…………
sures that can taken to improve the situation.	(j)	…………	…………	…………

Answers:-

	Before	Word	After
(a)	As	a	member
(b)	in	a	one
(c)	of	the	villages
(d)	to	see	the
(e)	in	the	place
(f)	close	to	the
(g)	daily	expressing	your
(h)	of	the	local
(i)	facilities	and	suggest
(j)	can	be	taken

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EXERCISE -22

		Before	Word	Aftrer
In Kutch, in Western Gujarat,the sarus crane so	e.g.	crane	is	so
revered there is a local radio programme	(a)	…………	…………	…………
put up by the village women, which the narrator is Kunjal, a sarus crane!	(b)	…………	…………	…………
The sarus crane is world’s tallest flying bird.	(c)	…………	…………	…………
Besides India, it is found Vietnam, Cambodia,	(d)	…………	…………	…………
Myanmar, Australia. The sarus is believed	(e)	…………	…………	…………
to pair for life, so people consider this sign	(f)	…………	…………	…………
conjugal devotion good omen and welcome the	(g)	…………	…………	…………
birds when nest in the paddy fields.	(h)	…………	…………	…………

Answer

	Before	Word	After
(a)	revered	that	there
(b)	women,	in	which
(c)	is	the	world’s
(d)	found	in	Vietnam
(e)	Myanmar	and	Australia.
(f)	this	a	sign
(g)	of	conjugal	devotion
(h)	when	they	nest

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OMISSION EXERCISE-23

The following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against correct line number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one been done for you.

		Before	Word	After
It is perfectly natural us to use	e.g.	natural	for	us
dictionary when we come across unfamiliar word.	(a)	……..	……..	……..
Some students use the dictionary too which	(b)	……..	……..	……..
May not be necessary at all. Dictionary be	(c)	……..	……..	……..
used but not too much While reading article in	(d)	……..	……..	……..
a newspaper or a magazine we likely to meet	(e)	……..	……..	……..
a number of words expressions which we	(f)	……..	……..	……..
do not know In such case we needn’t have a feeling of despair.	(g)	……..	……..	……..
We must remember it is not always necessary to	(h)	……..	……..	……..
understand every single word understand	(i)	……..	……..	……..
an article any piece of writing.	(j)	……..	……..	……..

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	across	an	unfamiliar
(b)	too	much	which
(c)	Dictionary	should	be
(d)	reading	an	article
(e)	we	are	likely
(f)	words	or/and	expressions
(g)	Such	a	case
(h)	remember	that	it
(i)	word	to	understand
(j)	article	of	any

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OMISSION EXERCISE-24

		Before	Word	After
The tiny island of Rameswaram South India	e.g.	Rameswaram	in	South
is one of the tour Dhams. According to legend	(a)	…….	…….	…….
it was from here that Lord Rama with help of Hanuman and Sugreev and his monkey	(b)	…….	…….	…….
Force built a stone bridge Lanka just 24 kilometres	(c)	…….	…….	…….
away Main attraction of the island	(d)	…….	…….	…….
is the Ramanathaswamy Temple is a	(e)	…….	…….	…….
magnificient example of Dravidian art.
Pilgrims conic to the temple after holy	(f)	…….	…….	…….
dip in the sea here. The temple has beautiful and	(g)	…….	…….	…….
very wide corridor (122 meters long), is the longest corridor in India.	(h)	…….	…….	…….

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	to	a	legend
(b)	with	the	help
(c)	bridge	to	Lanka
(d)	away,	the	main
(e)	Temple	which	is
(f)	after	a	holy
(g)	has	a	beautiful
(h)	long	which	is

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OMISSION EXERCISE-25

		Before	Word	After
Journey by trains in India certainly the	e.g.	India	is	certainly
most authentic way of discovering country.	(a)	……..	……..	……..
It has own charm, worth and pleasure which	(b)	……..	……..	……..
neither road transportation nor air travel offer.	(c)	……..	……..	……..
Even Mahatma Gandhi, after return from	(d)	……..	……..	……..
South Africa, travelled by train third class	(e)	……..	……..	……..
compartment to see the real India. There many	(f)	……..	……..	……..
plus points of travelling by train. It is ideal and leisurely way of seeing the	(g)	……..	……..	……..
country’s beautiful varied landscape.	(h)	……..	……..	……..

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	discovering	the	country
(b)	has	its	own
(c)	travel	can	offer
(d)	after	his	return
(e)	train	in	third
(f)	there	are	many
(g)	Is	an	ideal
(h)	beautiful	and	varied

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OMISSION EXERCISE-26

		Before	Word	After
Gangs emerges Gomukh, the mouth	e.g.	emerges	from	Gomukh
of a cave of Gangotri glacier. At Rishikesh the	(a)	…….	…….	…….
Ganga the plains. Up to this stage its water	(b)	…….	…….	…….
looks neat and clean. It is Rishikesh that the	(c)	…….	…….	…….
water starts getting polluted. Main sources of	(d)	…….	…….	…….
pollution are the urban liquid sewage the industrial	(e)	…….	…….	…….
liquid waste. People dump thousands dead	(f)	…….	…….	…….
bodies into the river day. But the worst	(g)	…….	…….	…….
culprits are the city corporations dump their untreated sewage into the river.	(h)	…….	…….	…….

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	of	the	Gangotri
(b)	Ganga	enters	the
(c)	is	at	Rishikesh
(d)	polluted.	The	main
(e)	sewage	and	the
(f)	thousands	of	dead
(g)	river	every	day
(h)	corporations	who/that	dump

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OMISSION EXERCISE-27

In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along th the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against correct line number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one been done for you.

		Before	Word	After
Advertising is close companion of market	e.g.	is	a	close
Yet is an unpleasant	(a)	…….	…….	…….
feature of the modern life. Not only they	(b)	…….	…….	…….
cost heavily to ones pocket, they cost	(c)	…….	…….	…….
heavily to one’s life. Not long before, innocent	(d)	…….	…….	…….
student tried imitate the acrobatics of a	(e)	…….	…….	…….
young man in a commercial advertisement lost his precious life for nothing.	(f)	…….	…….	…….

Answers

	Before	Word	After
(a)	Yet	it	is
(b)	only	do	they
(c)		also	cost
(d)	before,	an	innocent
(e)	tried	to	imitate
(f)	advertisement	and	lost

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OMISSION EXERCISE-28

		Before	Word	After
Mela area called Kumbhnagar. was	e.g.	Mela	the	area
spread an area of 50:00 hectares.	(a)	……..	……..	……..
Indeed arrangements were fabulous. Food	(b)	……..	……..	……..
served at langars large crowds	(c)	……..	……..	……..
was clean; there no cases of food	(d)	……..	……..	……..
poisoning jaundice. Everything was	(e)	……..	……..	……..
available in Kumbhnagar-genuine mineral	(f)	……..	……..	……..
water to packed namkeen. Amul Butter, ice-cream,cheese. chocolate etc.
The Sangarn was also great	(g)	……..	……..	……..
Here the rich intermingled with poor. rather freel	(h)	……..	……..	……..

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	spread	over	an
(b)	Indeed	the	arrangements
(c)	langars	to	large
(d)	there	were	no
(e)	poisoning	or	jaundice
(f)	kumbhnagar	from	genuine
(g)	also	a	great
(h)	with	the	poor

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OMISSION EXERCISE-29

		Before	Word	After
Switzerland is prosperous there is a	e.g.	prosperous	because	there
good supply of skilled workers. Swiss	(a)	…….	…….	…….
built railways and dug tunnels overcome	(b)	…….	…….	…….
disadvantage of mountain barriers. The Swiss	(c)	…….	…….	…….
made things which were light weight but	(d)	…….	…….	…….
required much skill in manufacturing. Only few	(e)	…….	…….	…….
pounds of steel needed to make costly watch springs.	(f)	…….	…….	…….

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	workers.	The	Swiss
(b)	Tunnels	to	overcome
(c)		the	disadvantage
(d)	light	in	weight
(e)	Only	a	few
(f)	steel	is	needed

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OMISSION EXERCISE-30

		Before	Word	After
walking is preferable all other exercises.	e.g.	preferable	to	all
It is very simple, no modern gadget required and	(a)	……..	……..	……..
it is complete itself It is	(b)	……..	……..	……..
in the open air so that lungs can	(c)	……..	……..	……..
at once get the pure air the	(d)	……..	……..	……..
eye can gaze upon trees flowers.	(e)	……..		……..
Mahatma Gandhi used to do lot of brisk walking. Some strenuous exercises	(f)	……..	……..	……..
don’t suit weak and the old but	(g)	……..	……..	……..
walking is good all.	(h)	……..	……..	……..

Answers–

	Before	Word	After
(a)	gadget	is	required
(b)	complete	in	itself
(c)		done	in
(d)	air	and	the
(e)	trees	and	flowers
(f)	do	a	lot
(g)	suit	the	weak
(h)	good	for	all