Question

A) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in the brackets. Do

not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank

space. [4]

No matter how good technology....(0)….(become) you can’t beat instinct, especially if it is the case

of Anny, a young detective dog fresh out of training. It was routine….(1)... (prance) around at

Mumbai Airport for her when she suddenly….(2)… (sniff) something that…(3)….(make) her sit up. In

seconds, she….(4)….(run) towards a woman with such force that her handler fell. The woman on

Anny’s radar was a tourist who…(5)… (alight) from an International Airlines flight at 4 a.m. The haul,

Anny detected, amounted to Rs 3.2 crore. The drugs….(6)….(conceal) in cardboard boxes wrapped

so well in …(7)…(embroider) lace that they would never have appeared suspicious but for Anny’s

sense of smell. This was Anny’s first catch after a three-month’s ….(8)…(train) at the BSF Institute

near Gwalior. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

(0) become

(1) pranced

(2) sniffed

(3) made

(4)ran

(5) alighted

(6) concealed

(7) embroidered

(8) training