In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

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New cycle routes have been built in and around the centre of Birmingham and speed limits have been (1) ______ on selected roads. The scheme has now been in (2) ______ for a year and has been hailed as a (3) ______ success. Since the new speed limits were (4) ______, the number of accidents in the area have fallen (5) ______.

21)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.

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A)

shortened

B)

scaled

C)

lessened

D)

reduced

22)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.2.

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A)

operation

B)

activity

C)

process

D)

agency

23)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.3.

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A)

greater

B)

more greater

C)

greatest

D)

great

24)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.4.

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A)

compelled

B)

dictated

C)

enforced

D)

exacted

25)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.5.

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A)

desperately

B)

extremely

C)

drastically

D)

terribly

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

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If you thought that yoga was all about bending and twisting your body in odd shapes, it’s time to rethink. Yoga is (1) ______ more. In very simple words, giving care (2) ______ your body, mind and breath is yoga. Derived (3) ______ the Sankrit word ‘yuj’ which means ‘to unite or integrate’, yoga is (4) ______ 5,000-year-old Indian body of knowledge. Yoga is all about harmonising the body (5) ______ the mind and breath.

26)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

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A)

few

B)

much

C)

all

D)

many

27)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

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A)

for

B)

at

C)

on

D)

to

28)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

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A)

by

B)

of

C)

from

D)

out

29)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

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A)

one

B)

the

C)

an

D)

a

30)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

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A)

at

B)

on

C)

with

D)

across