Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. A man who stands ...(1)... is friend in ...(2)... is a true friend. Selfless love is the base of true friendship. True friends share each other’s joy and sorrow, pain and pleasure. They do not fall ...(3)... in adversity. They have full confidence in each other. They never ...(4)... each other. ...(5)... makes friends, adversity tries them. A selfless friend is ...(6)...; a selfish friend is a curse. The first is an angel and the second is a devil. One makes your career while the other ...(7)... it.
True friendship means great self-sacrifice on the part of both. A true friend ...(8)... pleasure and convenience. He goes out of his way and faces difficulties in his way with joy and even with pride. Joy and sorrow, success and failure, good fortune and misfortune, are equally ...(9)... by a pair of true friends. They ...(10)... the burden of life equally for they feel that they sail in the same boat and that they have to sink and swim together.
1.
1) to
2) with
3) for
4) by
5) of
2.
1) adversity
2) commotion
3) change
4) happiness
5) growth
3.
1) by
2) to
3) off
4) with
5) through
4.
1) postulate
2) commit
3) danger
4) deplete
5) betray
5.
1) Wealth
2) Prosperity
3) Man
4) Providence
5) Well-bring
6.
1) boon
2) force
3) blessing
4) calamity
5) message
7.
1) throws
2) develops
3) constructs
4) mars
5) lacks
8.
1) foregoes
2) mitigates
3) evolves
4) appraises
5) prospers
9.
1) built
2) pleased
3) admired
4) advocated
5) shared
10.
1) expect
2) shoulder
3) dislike
4) propose
5) project
Answers..
1. (4)
2. (1)
3. (3)
4. (5)
5. (2)
6. (1)
7. (4)
8. (5)
9. (5)
10. (2)
