Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 (Solved)Exercise-5&6

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Exercise-5

Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below

Napoleon Bonaparte, the son of (a) _____ Italian nobleman was born (b) _____   the island of Corsica in 1769. He joined the French army and (c) _____ the time he was twenty-six, he (d) _____ a general.

(a) (i) the           (ii) some                          (iii) an                       (iv) a

 (b) (i) in            (ii) at                               (iii) by                        (iv) on

(c) (i) at             (ii) by                              (iii) on                        (iv) when

 (d) (i) had become         (ii) became        (iii) has become        (iv) is becoming

Answers:

(a)(iii) an                                             

(b) (iv)on                            

(c)(ii) by                              

(d)(i) had become

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Exercise-6

Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below

According to the mythology recorded (a) _____   Rajatarangini, the history of Kashmir (b) _____.  by Kalhana in the 12th century, the Kashmir valley (c) _____  when sage Kashaypa drained a lake. It became a centre of Sanskrit scholarship and later (d) _____ Buddhist seat of learning.

(a) (i) when                        (ii) in                      (iii) by                        (iv) of

(b) (i) written                     (ii) wrote               (iii) write                     (iv) writes

(c) (i) has been formed      (ii) had formed    (iii) was formed           (iv) is formed

(d)(i) a                                (ii) and                 (iii) the                        (iv) an

Answers:

(a) (ii) in                                              

(b)(i) written

(c)  (iii) was formed                        

(d)(i) a

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