Instructions

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.

One day, it so happened that Emperor Akbar ____(1)____ on a rock in his garden. He was in a foul mood that day and the accident made him so ____(2)____ that he ordered the gardener’s arrest and execution. The next day when the gardener was ____(3)____ what his last wish would be before he was hanged, he ____(4)____. an audience with the emperor. His wish was ____(5)____, but when the man neared the throne he loudly cleared his throat and spat at the emperor’s feet. The emperor was taken aback and ____(6)____ to know why he had done such a thing, The gardener had acted on Birbal’s advice and now Birbal stepped forward in the man’s defence, “Your Majesty,” he said, “there could be no person more loyal to you than this unfortunate man. Fearing that people would say you hanged him for a trifle, he has gone out of his way to give you a ____(7)____ reason for hanging him.” The emperor, ____(8)____ that he was about to do great injustice to an innocent man, set the man free.

Question 114

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