Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 Exercise-65 & 66

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Exercise- 65

Choose the best word from the options given below and complete the following passage.

Rivers are considered holy (i)………………   India but they are hardly treated (ii) ………….. respect. All kinds of dust and filth find (iii) ………….. way into the rivers. If we have to treat and purify the water (iv) …………. drinking it, how can the fish survive in (v)…………..  waters? Every year river Gomti becomes (vi) ……………deathbed of thousands of fish because the water released in the reservoir upstream carries effluents from the neighbouring industries.

(i)(a) in                       (b) on                        (c) at                             (d) of

(ii) (a) in                     (b) with                     (c) at                             (d) of

 (iii) (a) their              (b) his                        (c) its                            (d) over

(iv) (a) of                   (b) in                          (c) on                            (d) for

 (v) (a) these             (b) this                       (c) that                          (d) their

 (vi) (a) the                (b) a                           (c) their                         (d) those

Answers:-

(i) a                (ii) b                 

(iii) a              (iv) d                 

(v) a               (vi) a

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Exercise- 66

Choose the best word from the options given below and complete the following passage.

Dr Sadao (a)……….. in a beautiful (b)………….. house on the Japanese seacoast. Sadao was the only son of an (c)………….. and caring father. Sadao was sent (d)…………….   the best of education (e)  ………..medicine and surgery to the U.S. He (f)……………. to Japan at the age of thirty as an excellent surgeon and scientist.

(a) (i) lives                   (ii) lived           (iii) has been living     (iv) Rad lived

 (b) (i) insolvent           (ii) clumsy       (iii) slum                       (iv) picturesque

 (c) (i) affluent             (ii) effluent      (iii) indolent                 (iv) indigent

 (d) (i) on                     (ii) with            (iii) for                          (iv) to

 (e) (i) in                      (ii) on               (iii) for                          (iv) at

(f) (i) returns               (ii) returned    (iii) has returned         (iv) returning

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