1. Fear is one of those ...... which frequently ...... us to inaction.

2. He was initially ...... at the suggestion but was soon ...... it himself.

3. Shalini was not ...... by the criticism and paid no ...... even when her best friend talked against her.

4. There is no ...... the fact that a man of knowledge ...... great power.

5. I have just the memory of my father to ...... now, but my faith in him has never been ...... .

6. The impact of Western culture on India was the impact of a ...... society, of a modern consciousness on a ...... society wedded to medieval habits of thought.

7. In ...... of International matters, there is always an element of risk in ...... one might do.

8. The educational systems of Japan and South Korea have long, tough work ...... for students and it is no ...... that both these countries are doing well.

9. Gandhiji was not enamoured ...... the economic progress made by the modem West and did not ...... the Western nations to be more civilised.

10. Due to ...... rainfall this year, there will be ...... cut in water supply.