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Question
The box below contains ten words from the passage. Use them appropriately to fill the blank in the sentence that follow :
The pensioner did not get his dues in time on account of the ______ of the officials.
Solution
The pensioner did not get his dues in time on account of the apathy of the officials.
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(a) Importance of rocks
Aesthetic importance :
(a)
(b)
(c)
Ecological importance:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(b) Threats to the geological heritage.
Causes
(i) .....................................................................................
(ii) ......................................................................................
Effects
(i) .....................................................................................
(ii) ......................................................................................
(c) The hope
(i) The efforts of 'Society to Save Rocks' led to ..........
(i.i) Challenge to the efforts of Society to Save Rocks' comes in the form of ...........
(ii) Individuals have made efforts to preserve the heritage by ...........................
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