Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each number, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The tea plant, a native of Southern China, was known ___1___ very early times to Chinese botany and medicine. It is ___2___ to in the classics ___3___ the various names of Tou, Tseh, Chung. Kha and Ming and was ___4___ praised for possessing the viruses of ___5___ fatigue, delighting the soul, strengthening the will and repairing the eyesight. It was not only administered as an internal dose, but often ___6___ externally in the form of paste to ___7___ rheumatic pains. The Tao ists claimed it ___8___ mi important ___9___ of the elixir of immortality. The Buddhists used it extensively to prevent drowsiness during ___10___ long hours of meditation. 

Appropriate word will be at option (4).

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Civilization, like (A), fall, not so much because of (B) of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and (C) within, Rome fell not because of the (D), they merely knocked (E) something that was already dead. The heart of Rome had ceased beating when the arms and legs were cut rotated. We see something of this spectacle, in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The downfall of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is long drawn out and it is not easy to spot it.

(A)

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. However, Yusuf comforted himself by imagining the hotel food in store for him the next day.

B. First, Yusuf’s stomach was occupied by excitement.

C. It was difficult to eat dinner that night.

D. Secondly, mother was on one of her health trips and had prepared sprouted beans and yoghurt.

Direction: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence.

An animal story with a moral-

Group of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in answer sheet.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'. 

In India, processed foods becomes popular in the 20th century.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent sentence.

A truly free nation will
P- will fail in the marketplace of ideas
Q- destruction as a bad idea that
R- confidently view even its advocated

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
 It is generally acknowledged that children learn a lot from their parents. It is not so commonly admitted that parents learn a great deal from their children. As adults, it is easy to assume that we are always right, but the laugh was on me one beautiful day.
 My daughter Kashmira knew how much I loved flowers. One day when she was of nine years, she picked some branches from our neighbour's blossoming fruit tree. Realising she intended to please me, I didn't scold her, but chose a different approach. "These are lovely, dear, but do you realise that if you had left them on the tree, each of these blossoms would have become a cherry?" "No, they wouldn't have", she said firmly.
"Oh, yes they would have. Each of these blossoms would have grown into a cherry". "Well okay, mother, if you insist", she finally conceded, "but they were plums last year".

The mother was caught in the wrong because the daughter-