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Question
Read ‘Part I’ and match the words in Column ‘A’ with associating words given in Column ‘B’.
| No | 'A' | 'B' | |
| (i) | Science and faith | (a) | Created by fact and faith |
| (ii) | Science | (b) | Success of societies |
| (iii) | Better Planet | (c) | Betterment of humanity |
| (iv) | Creations and Discoveries | (d) | Believers of science and religions |
| (v) |
Conflict |
(e) | Solves questions, discovers the truth, conceives inventions |
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Solution
| No | 'A' | 'B' | |
| (i) | Science and faith | (b) | Success of societies |
| (ii) | Science | (e) | Solves questions, discovers the truth, conceives inventions |
| (iii) | Better Planet | (a) | Created by fact and faith |
| (iv) | Creations and Discoveries | (c) | Betterment of humanity |
| (v) |
Conflict |
(d) | Believers of science and religions |
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