Akbar (a) _____________ (was/went/is) waiting for Birbal's answer. Birbal said "Your majesty! The thoughts in the mind (b) _____________ (were/are/is) the fastest to travel. In a moment you are in this court and your next thought can be (c) _____________ (nowhere/anywhere/out) else in this world. So, thoughts are the fastest thing in the world."
(ii) In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the words before and after against the correct blank number:
| When thinking of the first ever iPod | Word Before | Missing Word | Word After | |
| more a decade ago, Jobs realised that | (a) | |||
| what would increase the attraction such a device to | (b) | |||
| the consumers was a way for to buy | (c) | |||
| music in seamless way. | (d) |
(iii) Do as directed.
i. Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases in the given dialogue to create a meaningful sentence. Its outer hard shell is enclosed in a fibrous covering. The water in the tender coconut is highly nutritious. It helps to keep down the heat of the body. tropical regions/coconut water/to patients/is offered/in many/with diarrhoea
ii. Given below is a set of instructions to make thandai. On the basis of the instructions, complete the following blanks in the paragraph:
■ Boil the milk and set aside to cool.
■ Soak the almonds and other ingredients except saffron in half cup water for 20 min.
■ Grind them in a blender. Pour the mixture in milk; add sugar and stir it well.
■ Refrigerate for two hours.
■ Garnish the drink with saffron strands and almond flakes and serve.
■ You could add a few ice cubes to the thandai while serving.
The milk is boiled and set aside to cool. Almonds and other ingredients except saffron are soaked in half a cup of water for 20 min. The ingredients (a) __________ and the mixture is poured into the milk, in which sugar is added and stirred well. Then it (b) __________.
(ii)
| Word Before | Missing Word | Word After | |
| (a) | More | than | a |
| (b) | Attraction | of | Such |
| (c) | For | them | To |
| (d) | in | a | seamless |
(iii) Do as directed.
i. Coconut water is offered to patients with diarrhoea in many tropical regions.<br>ii. (a) are ground, (b) is refrigerated for two hours