1.In July, the New York Times (1) _______________________ ‘Searching for Saraswati’, a 20-minute documentary, directed by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya. The extremely well made and (2)_______________________ documentary (3) _______________________ the state-sanctioned search for a mythical river, Saraswati, in two villages in Haryana. The filmmakers (4) _______________________ draw a picture of people hypnotised by blind faith, and the opportunistic politicians and religious leaders (5)_______________________ down on the villages for profit and propaganda.

3.In July, the New York Times (1) _______________________ ‘Searching for Saraswati’, a 20-minute documentary, directed by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya. The extremely well made and (2)_______________________ documentary (3) _______________________ the state-sanctioned search for a mythical river, Saraswati, in two villages in Haryana. The filmmakers (4) _______________________ draw a picture of people hypnotised by blind faith, and the opportunistic politicians and religious leaders (5)_______________________ down on the villages for profit and propaganda.

4.In July, the New York Times (1) _______________________ ‘Searching for Saraswati’, a 20-minute documentary, directed by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya. The extremely well made and (2)_______________________ documentary (3) _______________________ the state-sanctioned search for a mythical river, Saraswati, in two villages in Haryana. The filmmakers (4) _______________________ draw a picture of people hypnotised by blind faith, and the opportunistic politicians and religious leaders (5)_______________________ down on the villages for profit and propaganda.

Directions:(6-10)In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

6.Religion does not consist in ______(6)________ or dogmas. It is not what you read, nor what dogmas you believe in, but what you realize. No great master ever taught that external forms were necessary for _______(7)_________. The power of attaining it is within us. We live and move in God. Books never make religions, but religions make books. No book ever created God, but God inspired great books. No book ever created a soul. The end of religion is in realizing God in the soul. The one universal truth in all religions is to realize God. Ideals and methods may differ, but that is the central point. There may be a thousand different radii, but they all _______(8)___________ to the one center, and that is the realization of God: something behind this world of sense, this world of eternal eating and drinking and talking nonsense, this world of false shadows and selfishness. Aman may have never entered a church or mosque, nor performed any religious ceremony, but if he feels God within and is thereby lifted above the vanities of the world, that man is a holy man. Many years ago, I visited a sage. We talked of the Vedas, Bible, Quran and other ________(9)________ books. At the close of our talk, he asked me to pick up a book that was on the table. It contained forecast of rainfall during the year. He asked me to read it. I read out the ________(10)________ of rain that was to fall. “Now take the book and squeeze it,” he said and I did. “Why, not a drop of water has come out,” he exclaimed. “Until the water comes out, it is all book, book, book.”

7.Religion does not consist in ______(6)________ or dogmas. It is not what you read, nor what dogmas you believe in, but what you realize. No great master ever taught that external forms were necessary for _______(7)_________. The power of attaining it is within us. We live and move in God. Books never make religions, but religions make books. No book ever created God, but God inspired great books. No book ever created a soul. The end of religion is in realizing God in the soul. The one universal truth in all religions is to realize God. Ideals and methods may differ, but that is the central point. There may be a thousand different radii, but they all _______(8)___________ to the one center, and that is the realization of God: something behind this world of sense, this world of eternal eating and drinking and talking nonsense, this world of false shadows and selfishness. Aman may have never entered a church or mosque, nor performed any religious ceremony, but if he feels God within and is thereby lifted above the vanities of the world, that man is a holy man. Many years ago, I visited a sage. We talked of the Vedas, Bible, Quran and other ________(9)________ books. At the close of our talk, he asked me to pick up a book that was on the table. It contained forecast of rainfall during the year. He asked me to read it. I read out the ________(10)________ of rain that was to fall. “Now take the book and squeeze it,” he said and I did. “Why, not a drop of water has come out,” he exclaimed. “Until the water comes out, it is all book, book, book.”

8.Religion does not consist in ______(6)________ or dogmas. It is not what you read, nor what dogmas you believe in, but what you realize. No great master ever taught that external forms were necessary for _______(7)_________. The power of attaining it is within us. We live and move in God. Books never make religions, but religions make books. No book ever created God, but God inspired great books. No book ever created a soul. The end of religion is in realizing God in the soul. The one universal truth in all religions is to realize God. Ideals and methods may differ, but that is the central point. There may be a thousand different radii, but they all _______(8)___________ to the one center, and that is the realization of God: something behind this world of sense, this world of eternal eating and drinking and talking nonsense, this world of false shadows and selfishness. Aman may have never entered a church or mosque, nor performed any religious ceremony, but if he feels God within and is thereby lifted above the vanities of the world, that man is a holy man. Many years ago, I visited a sage. We talked of the Vedas, Bible, Quran and other ________(9)________ books. At the close of our talk, he asked me to pick up a book that was on the table. It contained forecast of rainfall during the year. He asked me to read it. I read out the ________(10)________ of rain that was to fall. “Now take the book and squeeze it,” he said and I did. “Why, not a drop of water has come out,” he exclaimed. “Until the water comes out, it is all book, book, book.”

9.Religion does not consist in ______(6)________ or dogmas. It is not what you read, nor what dogmas you believe in, but what you realize. No great master ever taught that external forms were necessary for _______(7)_________. The power of attaining it is within us. We live and move in God. Books never make religions, but religions make books. No book ever created God, but God inspired great books. No book ever created a soul. The end of religion is in realizing God in the soul. The one universal truth in all religions is to realize God. Ideals and methods may differ, but that is the central point. There may be a thousand different radii, but they all _______(8)___________ to the one center, and that is the realization of God: something behind this world of sense, this world of eternal eating and drinking and talking nonsense, this world of false shadows and selfishness. Aman may have never entered a church or mosque, nor performed any religious ceremony, but if he feels God within and is thereby lifted above the vanities of the world, that man is a holy man. Many years ago, I visited a sage. We talked of the Vedas, Bible, Quran and other ________(9)________ books. At the close of our talk, he asked me to pick up a book that was on the table. It contained forecast of rainfall during the year. He asked me to read it. I read out the ________(10)________ of rain that was to fall. “Now take the book and squeeze it,” he said and I did. “Why, not a drop of water has come out,” he exclaimed. “Until the water comes out, it is all book, book, book.”

10.Religion does not consist in ______(6)________ or dogmas. It is not what you read, nor what dogmas you believe in, but what you realize. No great master ever taught that external forms were necessary for _______(7)_________. The power of attaining it is within us. We live and move in God. Books never make religions, but religions make books. No book ever created God, but God inspired great books. No book ever created a soul. The end of religion is in realizing God in the soul. The one universal truth in all religions is to realize God. Ideals and methods may differ, but that is the central point. There may be a thousand different radii, but they all _______(8)___________ to the one center, and that is the realization of God: something behind this world of sense, this world of eternal eating and drinking and talking nonsense, this world of false shadows and selfishness. Aman may have never entered a church or mosque, nor performed any religious ceremony, but if he feels God within and is thereby lifted above the vanities of the world, that man is a holy man. Many years ago, I visited a sage. We talked of the Vedas, Bible, Quran and other ________(9)________ books. At the close of our talk, he asked me to pick up a book that was on the table. It contained forecast of rainfall during the year. He asked me to read it. I read out the ________(10)________ of rain that was to fall. “Now take the book and squeeze it,” he said and I did. “Why, not a drop of water has come out,” he exclaimed. “Until the water comes out, it is all book, book, book.”