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Passage 1

Chewing gum was discovered a thousand years ago by the Mayans in the Mexican jungles. They found a liquid leaking from a sapodilla tree. As it oozed out, it thickened into something that they called chicle which was chewable and tasty. Today, workers called chicleros still collect chicle.

The chicle is boiled to remove the water. It is then made into slabs about 30 pounds each or 14 kilograms each. These slabs are sent to gum factories. There it is mixed with several ingredients to sweeten, soften, flavour and colour the gum.

1…………discovered chewing gum.

......... are the workers who collect chicle.

3. Slabs of chicle are sent to

4. Several ingredients are added to chicle to do all of the following except to ...... it.

5. A suitable title for the passage will be

Passage 2

India is a land of pilgrims and pilgrimages. These holy places, whether in the hills or in the plains, are generally situated on river banks or by the It is not only the religious people who visit these places of pilgrimages, but also travellers and sea. sight-seers from all over India and abroad. Wherever two or more rivers meet, pilgrims come to bathe and worship because that place is supposed to be holy. One such place is Haridwar which is situated on the bank of river Ganga.

1. Holy places are visited by religious people, sight-seers as well as

2. Which one of the following is a synonym of the word 'generally"?

3. The place is considered 'holy' where two or more rivers meet.

Here the antonym of the word 'holy' is

4. People come to bathe and worship in the Ganga as its water is

5. People go on a pilgrimage because they are

It was Ajit's birthday. All his friends and relatives had gathered. He received many gifts. There were books, toys and clothes. Ajit's aunt gave him a surprise gift-a rose sapling. Ajit liked his aunt's gift the best and at once ran to the garden and planted the sapling. Ajit watered the plant everyday. As soon as he woke up in the morning, he would rush to see how much the plant had grown. One day he saw two little rose buds peeping out. He kept watching the buds bloom into beautiful yellow roses. He was happy and thrilled. With his mother's help, he plucked the flowers. He gifted the first two roses to his mother and sister. Ajit decided to plant more saplings in his garden.

1. Ajit's best birthday gift was a

2. As soon as Ajit woke up he

3. How many rose buds appeared first?

4. Ajit gifted the first two roses to

5. The word 'thrilled' means

The neem tree is known as a village pharmacy due to the medicinal benefits of its seeds, bark and leaves. It is called arista in Sanskrit which means perfect, imperishable and complete. Neem oil plays an important role in pest control and can also be used as a replacement for mosquito repellent. Neem seed cakes are used as fertilizer. A paste of neem leaves is used to treat chickenpox. Neem twigs commonly referred to as 'datun' are used as toothbrushes in villages. The bark and roots are also used, in powdered form, to control fleas and ticks on pets.  [JNV 2019]

1. A pharmacy is

2. The part of the neem tree that is useful to the farmers is

3. Which one of the following is not a synonym of 'perfect'?

4. The word 'pest' in the passage means

5. Neem ... are used as toothbrushes in villages.