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प्रश्न
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
a turning point
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उत्तर
Gandhiji’s encounter with an ill-clad poor woman in Madurai was a turning point in his political life.
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| Preposition | Meaning | |
| 1. | due to | a. as a substitute for |
| 2. | except for | b. in the interest of |
| 3. | with reference to | c. irrespective of |
| 4. | in spite of | d. added to |
| 5. | in addition to | e. because of |
| 6. | in place of | f. referring to |
| 7. | regardless of | g. with the exception of |
| 8. | for the sake of | h. disregarding the difficulty |
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That living word awakened my soul.
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