Directions (9): In the following passages, 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 given. Mark your answer in the Answer-Sheet. (Mark your answer 9)
Science (6) the average man and woman in two ways already.  He or she benefits by its (7), driving in a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn (8), being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a priest or a (9), being (10) with an automatic pistol or a shell in of a dagger or battle-axe. It also affects his or her opinions. Almost everyone believes that the earth is and the heavens, nearly, instead of solid. And we are beginning to believe in our animal and the possibility of vast improvements in nature by biological methods.

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning of the given word as your answer.

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Mr. Robinson asked his son what he wanted to be when he grew up.

There are three main groups of oils-animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, creatures of the sea, which are the largest of the animals remaining in the world. To protect the whales from the cold of the Artic seas, nature has provided them with a thick covering of fat, called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption. A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the whale. The livers of the cod and halibut, two kinds of fish, yield nourishing oil. Both cod liver oil and halibut oil are given to sick children and other invalids who need certain vitamins. 
Vegetable oil has been known from very old times. No household can get on without it, for it is used in cooking. Perfumes may be made from the oils of certain flowers. Soaps are made from eatable and animal products and the oils of certain flowers. 

Vegetable oil is mainly used for –

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

I am (A) / debarred (B) / to attend the meeting. (C)/ No error (D) 

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. 

Select the correctly spelt word.

Identify the best way to improve the Bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

He practised regularly to make his speech perfect.

Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.

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