Instructions

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

Tourists Travelling(1) _______ Jammu and Kashmir have another attraction - a floating post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first in the country. ‘Floating Post Office, Dal Lake - claimed to be the only one such post office in the world - is (2) ______ on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, fastened on the western edge of the Dal Lake.
This post office lets you (3) _____ all the regular postal services available in the country while being afloat. The seal used on everything posted from the Floating Post Office is unique - along with the date and address. It bears the design of a boatman rowing a Shikara on the Dal Lake. The special feature of this post office is that letters posted from here carry a special design which has the picturesque scenery of Dal Lake and Srinagar city. These pictures reach wherever these letters are posted to and (4) _______ promote Kashmir as a tourist destination across the world.
This is actually a heritage post office that has existed since British times. It was called the Nehru Park Post Office before 2011. But after that the chief postmaster John Samuel renamed it as ‘Floating Post Office’.
The post office’s houseboat has two small rooms - one (5) _____ as the office and the other a small museum that traces the philatelic history of the state postal department. It has a shop that sells postage stamps and other products.

Question 78

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.


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