5. Read the paragraph given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the
1x4=4
most appropriate words from the given options.
Buddhism (a) survived in India only (b) a comparatively small
section of population (c) Buddhism in (d) Far East today has over
150 million adherents.
(a) (i) has
(ii) have (iii) had (iv) been
(b) (i) among
(ii) as
(iii) but (iv) so
(c) (i) and
(ii) or
(iii) so
(iv) though
(d) (i) a
(ii) an
(iii) the (iv) at
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Buddhism (a) has survived in India only (b) among a comparatively small
section of population (c) though Buddhism in (d) the Far East today has over 150 million adherents.
Explanation:
- a) Buddhism has survived in India only. The subject of the sentence is 'Buddhism'. It is a singular entity.
- The verb to follow in agreement of the singular subject should be in the present tense as it correlates the past with the present.
- The correct verb is 'has'.
- b) among a comparatively small section of population
- 'Among' is a preposition that signifies a distribution of more than two in number. Since this fragment of a sentence signifies a number of people as specified by the phrase ' a comparatively small section of population ' the preposition 'among' is appropriate.
- (c)' though Buddhism in' ; In this fragment of a sentence a small distribution is being contrasted with a larger distribution. This vast difference has to be expressed by a subordinating conjunction that will emphasise upon the fact in spite of the contrast . 'Though' fulfils the task.
- (d) the Far East today has over 150 million adherents. A determiner has to signify 'Far East'. 'The' is the most appropriate signifier as 'a/an' are quantifiers and are not specific .
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