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Without water ……..(i)…… animal can survive. In desert regions the greatest …(ii)…… to life is drying up. But many creatures are able to make use of ……….(iii)……… little water that exists in arid areas. One of nature’s masterpiece……..(iv)…… creatures equipped to ……..(v)……… with desert life is the hardy camels. Stories range the desert lands far and wide about……(vi)………. endurance feats by camels. It is said that camels can…….(vii)…… a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel………..(viii)………… an intake of a single drop of water. The popular ……….(ix)………… that camels store water in their hump is ……..(x)………… in a way; water is indeed stored there but in the form of fat.

(i) (a) every (b) no (c) any (d) desert (e) exceptional

(ii) (a) need (b) worry (c) threat (d) inadequacy (e) requirement

(iii) (a) what (b) the (c) very (d) that (e) extremely

(iv) (a) for (b) about (c) among (d) with (e) of

(v) (a) live (b) resist (c) bear (d) cope (e) mix

(vi) (a) remarkable (b) little (c) tolerable (d) popular (e) obvious

(vii) (a) measure (b) reduce (c) lead (d) reach (e) cover

(viii) (a) for (b) without (c) accepting (d) receiving (e) except

(ix) (a) proverb (b) guess (c) belief (d) version (e) statement

(x) (a) baseless (b) wrong (c) misleading (d) correct (e) untruthful

SOLUTION :

(i) (b) it is an established fact the ‘no’ animal can survive without water.

(ii) (c) In deserts, drying up is not the ‘need’ or ‘requirement’. It is a ‘threat’ to living creatures.

(iii) (b) Article ‘the’ should be used.

(iv) (c) According to the passage, camel is a masterpiece amidst all creature. Another word for ‘amidst’ is among

(v) (d) ‘mix’ is absolutely wrong. The word ‘live’, ‘resist’ or ‘bear’could be used only if the camel could remain thirsty for long. But since it stores water for future use, it is an adaption i.e. a way to ‘cope’ with adverse circumstance.

(vi) (a) Stories are popular about a creature when it has something unusual or ‘remarkable’.

(vii) (e) The word ‘distance’ takes the verb ‘cover’.

(viii) (b) Camel moves continuously ‘without’ intake of water.

(ix) (c) ‘Proverb’ is an old saying. ‘Version’ and ‘statement’ are clearly wrong in this context. ‘Guess’ can never be popular. The correct word is ‘belief’.

(x) (c) Clearly, the belief is not ‘correct’. Also, it is not ‘baseless’, ‘wrong’, or ‘untruthful’ as camels do store water though in a different form. So, the answer is ‘misleading’.