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1. A few years ago a murder ________ (commit). The case ________ (try) in the most judicial
manner. The criminal ________ (sentence) to death.
Ans. was committed, was tried, was sentenced
2. A letter ________ (send) to the French government. A prompt reply________ (receive). It said
that a machine and an expert ________ (can supply) but the cost would be 16,000 francs.
Ans.was sent, was received, could be supplied
3. Shantiniketan _______ (start) by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921.Today, it _______ (consider) as one of the best learning centers in the world. The Earth University _______ (inspire) by
Rabindranath Tagore.
Ans. was started, is considered, is inspired
4. Navdanya, the movement for bio-diversity conservation and organic farming _______ (start) in
1987. More than 3000 rice varieties _______ (save). Now bio-diversity intensive form of farming_______ (practice) by many farmers across the country.
Ans. was started, were saved, was practised
5. After the duel the gallant lover fled Valencia. Many letters _______ (write) by him to his
beloved. Since no reply _______ (receive), he thought that they _______ (intercept) by her parents.
Ans. were written, was received, were intercepted
6. When Gonzalo entered the park, his usual bench _________ (occupy) by the priests. He
_________ (annoy) and his servant, Juanito_________ (ask) to rout them out.
Ans. was occupied, was annoyed, was asked
7. Basavaiah had 200 acres less land than Tammanna. So Tammanna _________ (ask) to sell his 200 acres to Basavaiah. This _________ (reject) by Tammanna. Instead, a demand _________ (place) that Tammanna was ready to buy all his land.
Ans. was asked, was rejected, was placed
8. Basavaiah tried to outshine Tammanna in his own way. A palatial house _________ (build) by him. A number of persons _________ (appoint) just to praise him. Scholars, poets and musicians
_________ (invite) to his place.
Ans. was built, were appointed, were invited
9.The visible world has moved away from my eyes. But it ________ (has, replace) by other things.
It ________ (accept) by me positively. Books ________ (buy) even today with the same interest.
Ans. has been replaced, is accepted, are bought
10. Poetry is something so intimate and essential. It ________ (cannot, define) without
oversimplifying it. Mere arrangement of words ________ (not call) poetry. Just as the fall of leaves
in the autumn ____ (cannot explain), poetry is difficult to explain.
Ans. cannot be defined, are not called, cannot be explained
11. Mikes visited a Japanese house. He ____________ (offer) a bowl of soup. While eating soup it_____________ (expect) that he should make a fearful noise. He knew that if Europeans made
sound, they ____________ (considered) to be ill-mannered louts.
Ans. was offered, was expected, were considered
12. Drivers in Brazil were very dangerous. Once they ____________ (seat) behind the steering
wheel, no speed was fast enough for them. If a pedestrian stepping off the pavement _________
(notice), he ____________ (regard) as fair game.
Ans. were seated, was noticed, was regarded
13. Roof was a young man. He __________ (know) to everyone in Umuofia. The POP campaigner
met him at night. No words __________ (waste) between them. Roof __________ (give) five
pounds to vote for Maduka.
Ans. was known, were wasted, was given
14. Marcus Ibe was the PAP candidate. He __________ (warn) about the radical change in the
thinking of Umuofia. So five months‘ salary __________ (draw) in advance. His campaign boys
__________ (arm) with eloquent little jute bags.
Ans. was warned, was withdrawn, were armed
15. The rural women of Pudukkottai found a way of hitting out at their backwardness. Cycling
___________ (choose) as a medium in doing so. Cycling ___________ (learn) by over one fourth
of all rural women. The new skill ___________ (display) by over 70,000 of these women.
Ans. was chosen, was learnt, was displayed
16. The District Collector‘s main aim was to make literacy reach the interior. So mobility _________
(include) as a part of literacy drive. Loans _________ (provide) by banks for women to buy cycles.
Specific duties _________ (allot) to each block to promote this drive.
Ans. was included, were provided, were allotted
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