1. The planting of trees on the ...... of town and villages helps the ...... of a country.

2. The speech ...... with subtle threats has resulted in ...... tension in the sensitive areas of the city.

3. The Minister felt that the ...... made by the Committee was ...... even though similar schemes had worked earlier.

4. A hobby is an activity of interest ...... for pleasure. It helps to break the monotony and tedium of our ...... routine.

5. Irrigation from the canal is ...... settlers for cultivation, which is ...... eating into the wildlife habitat.

6. Foreign multinationals may be ...... in implementing the infrastructural plan on c6ndition of introducing labour intensive techniques which generate a minimum ...... level of rural employment.

7. We ...... him with many promises, but nothing would ...... him.

8. We can ...... to travel by air, but we ...... train journey.

9. The people of China who have ...... their right to be free and frank, only to have it brutally ...... , may also have the courage to manifest it in other ways.

10. We have criticized our university students for preferring the security of political silence. and the safety of ...... to the excitement of social ...... and humanitarian action.