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

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

3. India's immense physical size, as also the fact of its ...... society ...... any attempt towards a neat capsuled presentation on any subject.

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

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

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. There is no glory in war ...... the blood it ......

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

9. Kautilya was a great political thinker and his strong ...... personality is ...... throughout the thoughts and expressions in the Arthashastra.

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