(c) In the following passage, fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of
the word given in brackets. (Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word appropriate to the blank space.)
Water is life. Our bodies are ........(1) (make) mostly of water and our survival
........(2) (depend) on it. All life forms on planet earth are .......(3) (nurture) by
water. Hence, ancient civilisations ........(4) (rever) water, ........(5) (acknowledge)
its role as the driving force of nature. Scriptures of the two oldest religions of
the world - Zoroastrianism and Hinduism-venerate water as a deity. While the
Zend Avesta reveres Aredvi, the river goddess who .......(6) (nourish) people and
lands and grants fertility, healing and wisdom, the Puranas worship Ganga, the
river goddess who feeds, purifies and liberates humankind.
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Answer:
1. made
2. depends
3. nurtured
4. had revered
5. acknowledging
6. nourishes