Question

Fill in the blanks.

The Ganga is ______ (1) ______ they said, in her giving and her taking away. If you ask her for anything she____ (2) ______ it gently. Calm and slow oblivion in ____(3)____ ever-flowing waves. Mridula hoped it was true. She sat on the stone steps of the Kedar Ghat, _____ (4) ______ the first rays of the Sun touch the ripples on the river with ____ (5) _____ of metallic gold. Ganga Paschim shines the east-flowing river _____ (6) _____ west at Varanasi like a moody woman. People bathed, said prayers standing chest ______ (7) ______ in her water, muttering _______ (8) _____ to her and to the rising sun, repeating endlessly the _____ (9) ______ of prayer pouring water through their inhabits for which maybe they never ______ (10) ____ the meaning. 

1. (a) kind (b) name (c) flow (d) cruel

2. (a) takes (b) refuse (c) ignore (d) gives

3. (a) their (b) her (c) any (d) only

4. (a) counting (b) persuing (c) dotting (d) watching

5. (a) dullness (b) dampness (c) glints (d) splint

6. (a) steers (b) hears (c) looks (d) turns

7. (a) deep (b) down (c) up (d) fallen

8. (a) appeals (b) pleas (c) invocations (d) considerations

9. (a) culture (b) rituals (c) works (d) deed

10. (a) mentioned (b) heard (c) conceived (d) knew

Answer 1

1. (a) kind
2. (d) gives
3. (b) her
4. (d) watching
5. (c) glints 
6. (d) turns
7. (a) deep
8. (c) invocations
9. (b) rituals  
10. (d) knew