PABSON SEE Pre-Board Exam 2080 (2024)

Compulsory English
Reading and Writing
(Written Test)

10. Choose and copy the best answer for the numbered blanks below. Rewriting is not compulsory. [10X0.5=5]

As every year, there …1… (was/were/is/has) a lot of enthusiasm among the people to celebrate Ganesh Chauthi. Ganesh puja was performed to celebrate this festival, for …2… (whom/which/when/whose) a gentleman of the village had always assigned the task of making a large idol of Lord Ganesh to a sculptor so that the people of the village …3… (will/can/could/should) worship Ganesh. This year, he did the same and assigned the task of making the idol to …4… (a/an/the/nothing) sculptor, but the sculptor was not the one who had made the idol last year. He had faith in another religion but he was very modest.

After some days, he wanted to check whether the idol was ready. Suddenly, he went to the sculptor, he saw that he was making an idol of Ganesh. Along with this, he also saw that an idol of Lord Ganesh …5… (already prepared/was already prepared/is being prepared/had already prepared) and kept aside. When he asked …6… (why he had made/why did he make/ to make/ if he made) two idols as he had ordered for one. The sculptor replied that it …7… (made/was made/would make/will be made) for him, but by mistake, his wife touched it with dirty hands. …8… (However/Therefore/Because/Although) he was making a new one so that people could refrain …9… (to/with/by/from) worshiping an unholy idol. The gentleman was amazed to hear his answer and praised him as he devoted himself …10… (generous/generously/generosity/generousness) to other religions.

As every year, there …is… a lot of enthusiasm among the people to celebrate Ganesh Chauthi. Ganesh puja was performed to celebrate this festival, for …which… a gentleman of the village had always assigned the task of making a large idol of Lord Ganesh to a sculptor, so that the people of the village …can… worship Ganesh. This year, he did the same and assigned the task of making the idol to …a… sculptor, but the sculptor was not the one who had made the idol last year. He had faith in another religion but he was very modest.

After some days, he wanted to check whether the idol was ready. Suddenly, he went to the sculptor, he saw that he was making an idol of Ganesh. Along with this, he also saw that an idol of Lord Ganesh …was already prepared… and kept aside. When he asked …why he had made… two idols as he had ordered for one. The sculptor replied that it …was made… for him, but by mistake, his wife touched it with dirty hands. …Therefore… he was making a new one so that people could refrain …from… worshiping an unholy idol. The gentleman was amazed to hear his answer and praised him as he devoted himself …generously… to other religions.