1. Due to ...... rainfall this year, they had to ...... cut in water supply.

2. Instead of ...... prove your worth by ...... something.

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

4. When it comes to back stabbing, a quill ...... be ...... than a dagger.

5. Among the younger people there are complaints that the sight of ex-Nazis fluorishing recommends ...... to youth, that it instills, instead of needed moral values, the dubious precept that ...... is the best policy.

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. The new Principal ...... stress on routine administration ...... than on academic matters and examination reforms.

8. Any system is likely to ...... for ...... of support from the public.

9. Many tourists to India visit the beautiful ...... of Kashmir ...... in spring and summer.

10. 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.