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Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given. Magic for me was as simple as __________ (1) some tricks before I got to know about Mayong, a small village just 40 km __________ (2) from Guwahati. Every __________ (3) of Mayong is mystical and surreptitious. __________ (4) some villages pass down the skills of farming or craftsmanship to the next __________ (5), the elders of Mayong pass __________ (6) sorcery and magic to their kids. They still use these magical powers for social welfare and to cure __________ (7) among themselves. This secret village in Assam __________ (8) media's attention when a documentary, Mayong: Myth/Reality, was made by the filmmaker Utpal Borpujari. It __________ (9) deep into the lives of the people of Mayong and their __________ (10) of magic.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1
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Trick means a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. Tricks are always played. Hence, the correct answer is option B.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2
The blank is followed by ‘from’. The use of "from" in the sentence means that the village is at a distance of 40km from Guwahati. This ‘at a distance’ can also be written as ‘away’. ‘Away from’ shows the distance between two points. Hence, the correct answer is option C.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3
Fact means a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
Minute means a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; an indefinitely short time.
Details means true confidential information.
Aspect means a distinct feature or element in a problem.
Every emphasises on distinctness. Hence, the correct answer is D.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4
While is used to depict two actions taking place simultaneously. During shows the whole duration of an action but without any reference to a starting or ending point. When refers to a point of a time and at shows location. The two styles of passing down the skills are being discussed here. Both of them occurs at the same time. Hence, the correct answer is A.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5
Inheritance means hereditary succession to a title or an office or property.
Generation means group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
Children means a young person of either sex; a member of a clan or tribe.
Successors means a person who inherits some title or office.
All of the given words can be used for the successors of the villagers. But, since ‘next’ is used, we would use ‘generation’. Hence, the correct answer is B.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.6
The word in the blank would go together with ‘pass’ to form a verb phrase.
Pass away means pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
Pass up means refuse to accept
Pass down means to hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
Pass through means make a passage or journey from one place to another.
The sorcery and magic is being inherited. Hence, the correct answer is C.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.7
Ailments means an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
Magic means an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
Problems means a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved.
People means (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.
Both ‘ailments’ and ‘people’ can be cured. But, people work in a very broad and vague sense. It might also consist of people who do not need cure. Hence, the correct answer is A.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.8
Glossed means the property of being smooth and shiny.
Camaraderie means the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
Commandeer means take arbitrarily or by force.
Garnered means acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions. The people grabbed media’s attention. Hence, the correct answer is D.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.9
Discuss means to consider or examine in speech or writing.
Delve means reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
Deranged means driven insane.
Displaces means cause to move, usually with force or pressure.
The media did bring out this village to light. Hence, the correct answer is B.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.10
Spells means a verbal formula believed to have magical force.
Art means a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation.
Skills means an ability that has been acquired by training.
Doing magic is definitely unusual. Hence, the correct answer is C.
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