DIRECTIONS (Q.16-25): In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be (16) more India. Her own mission in the world will get (17). The (18) of the village is possible only when it is no more (19). Industrialisation on a mass scale will (20) lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problem (21) competition and marketing come in.Therefore, we have to (22) on the village being self-contained, manufacturing mainly for us. Provided this character of the village industry is (23) there would no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and (24) to use. Only, they (25) not be used as a means of exploitation of others.
16.
1) no
2) definitely
3) hugely
4) surely
5) indeed
17.
1) lifted
2) lost
3) last
4) left
5) led
18.
1) survival
2) submission
3) revival
4) redeeming
5) reversal
19.
1) explored
2) excepted
3) exempted
4) exploited
5) experimented
20.
1) unnecessarily
2) needlessly
3) necessarily
4) namely
5) neatly
21.
1) with
2) without
3) within
4) withal
5) withdrawal
22.
1) compete
2) compromise
3) connect
4) concentrate
5) collect
23.
1) maintained
2) manufactured
3) manipulated
4) made
5) managed
24.
1) provide
2) present
3) promise
4) promote
5) prepare
25.
1) need
2) name
3) nail
4) nip
5) may