Question

Fill in the blanks using the best options given in the brackets.
1.About half of India’s children aged (a)………..……………. (among, between, with,
about) 6 and 14 do not go to school. About 5.5 crore children (b) ………………………..
(worked, working, has been working, work) in factories, cottage industries (c)
…………..…………… ( and, around, about, some) in the agricultural sector. One of the
most important (d) …………..……………. ( reason, reasons, reason’s, reasons’) for our
nation’s (e)……………………. ( backwardness, backwardsness, backness, backward) is
illiteracy.


2. Antioxidants were first cast into doubt (a) ……….………. ( during / from / since)
a major clinical trial in the US, in (b) ………….………… ( which / what / that) a very
common antioxidant, beta carotene, (c) ……………….. ( was / were / is / are) tested
for(d) ………….………….. ( its / it’s / their / theirs) efficacy against lung cancer in
high-risk subjects. (e) ………………… (To / For / With) the surprise and concern of
the scientists(f) ……………… ( those / that / which / whose) individuals taking the
supplement (g)……….………… ( intend / intented / intended) to reduce the risk of
cancer were(h) ………….…………… (on / at / with) a significantly higher risk
(i)…………….………….. (for / of / to) developing lung cancer.

Answer 1

Explanation:

1.a) between

b) has been working

c) and

d) reason

e) backwardness

2.a)since

b) which

c) was

d) its

e) For

f) those

g) intended

h) on

i) for

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Answer 2

Answer:

between

work

and

reason

backwardness