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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

"Tryst with Destiny" was a speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in Parliament, on 14th August 1947. It is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all times and to be a landmark oration that captures the essence of the triumphant culmination of the largely non­violent Indian independence struggle against the British Empire in India.

"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon the assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. We cannot encourage communalism or narrow­mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action.

To the people of India, whose representatives we are, this is no time for petty and destructive criticism, no time for ill will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell".

Select the answer which best reflects Nehru's point of view.

Choose the correctly spelt word

The din caused by the children howling is enough to the dead.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Of these,

P-­mostly two have proved
Q­-to be bones of contention
R­-between the two parties

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

He spent a third

P­-was of any consequence
Q­-made sure that none of them
R­-of the time describing his tax proposals, but

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The teacher did not ask (any questions to Rinky).

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

There is no more (accommodation) for you in this bus.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order

It is becoming

P-increasingly clear that anyone
Q-of freedom, justice and equality is seen as a threat
R-who dares to raise issues

In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

“MEDDLE’