Question

Look at the notes below. Then use the information to complete the paragraph by choosing a suitable word or phrase in each space.

Bishnois – always – nature worshippers – 1730 A.D. – Maharja Abhay Singh’s men – fell – khejri trees – Amrita Devi – hug a tree – protested – insisted – to cut her head first – men obliged – Amrita – a legend.

Bishnois have (a) ____________. In 1730 A.D. Maharaja Abhay Singh’s (b) ____________ fell Khajri trees. Amrita Devi, a true Bishnoi, (c) ____________ and expressed (d) ____________. She insisted that if they wanted to cut the tree (e) ____________. The unrelenting men of the Maharaja obliged her and the (f) ____________.

(a) (i) always been regarded as nature worshippers (ii) always been called as nature worshippers (iii) always knew nature worshippers (iv) always done nature worshippers	(b) (i) men coming to (ii) men started (iii) men began to (iv) men came to	(c) (i) hug a tree (ii) hugging a tree (iii) hugged a tree (iv) hugs a tree
(d) (i) his protest (ii) her protest (iii) their protest (iv) protesting	(e) (i) they may cut her head first (ii) they would have to cut her head first (iii) they can cut her head first (iv) they should cut her head first	(f) (i) woman became a legend (ii) woman becomes a legend (iii) women became a legend (iv) woman read a legend

Answer 1

Bishnois have (a) always been regarded as nature worshippers. In 1730 A.D. Maharaja Abhay Singh’s (b) men began to fell Khajri trees. Amrita Devi, a true Bishnoi, (c) hugged a tree  and expressed (d) her protest . She insisted that if they wanted to cut the tree (e) they should cut her head first. The unrelenting men of the Maharaja obliged her and the (f) woman became a legend.