Directions (Q.1-10): In the following passage, You have brief passages. In the following passage, 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.
Civilisation, like (1), fall, not so much because of (2) of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and (3) within. Rome fell not because of the (4), they merely knocked (5) something that was already dead. The heart of Rome had (6) beating when the arms and legs were cut (7) we see something of this (8) in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The (9) of Arabian civilisation was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China, the process is long-drawn (10) and it is not easy to spot it.
Q1.
(a) States
(b) Kingdom
(c) Empires
(d) Buildings
(e) house
Q2.
(a) Weakness
(b) Strength
(c) Power
(d) Tenacity
(e) symptom
Q3.
(a) Disease
(b) Decease
(c) Decay
(d) Fortitude
(e) fortune
Q4.
(a) Barbarity
(b) Barbarous
(c) Barbarians
(d) Romans
(e) barbaric
Q5.
(a) Off
(b) On
(c) Down
(d) No word
(e) without
Q6.
(a) Seized
(b) Rotated
(c) Ceased
(d) Started
(e) startled
Q7.
(a) Down
(b) Off
(c) Up
(d) without
(e) like
Q8.
(a) Process
(b) Procedure
(c) Spectacle
(d) Scene
(e) drama
Q9.
(a) Downfall
(b) Death
(c) Collapse
(d) Dismemberment
(e) collage
Q10.
(a) Out
(b) Up
(c) Upon
(d) No word
(e) by
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