Expected Bank Clerks English Paper,2011

Directions—(Q.81-90) In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

A poor washerman had an old donkey. He did not give it …81)… food. The donkey became thin and …(82)…. The washerman had a wife and seven children. He said, “I am working hard. But I am not …(83)… a lot of money. I can’t feed my wife and children …(84)… How can I feed this donkey ? “Suddenly he remembered a tiger-skin in the house. It was a gift to his father’s good work. He thought, “I shall …85)… the donkey with the skin and drive it into the field and won’t go near it. My donkey can eat a lot and …(86)… fat too.” The next day he dressed the donkey in the tiger-skin and drove it into the field of crops. The villagers saw the donkey in the tiger-skin and thought, ‘The tiger will kill us all. We shall write to the Collector and he will …87)… it with the help of the police. Many days …(88)… The donkey ate a lot of crops everyday and grew stout and strong. One day the villagers …(89)… a letter from the Collector saying, “There is no tiger in your village or in any place near your village.” That evening all the villagers went to the field with big …(90)…. The washerman’s donkey in the tiger-skin was in the field. Suddenly another donkey brayed from some place near the field. The washerman’s donkey lifted up his head and brayed too. The villagers saw this and beat the donkey.

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